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Serato DJ Keyboard Shortcuts - Faster Mixing

Sep 08, 2025

Serato DJ Keyboard Shortcuts

Serato DJ is one of the best DJ software programs out there. A lot of DJs use Serato but never master it. The main thing that separates pro DJs from amateurs is not always skills or years of experience. You can have a DJ using Serato for over 10 years, and another DJ, who has used the software for only one month, handles it much better.

Most DJs overlook one of the principal cheat codes, and that is the shortcuts for Serato DJ. Yes, that's it! The Serato DJ Keyboard Short is free of cost and only takes some time out of your day to memorize and practice. Need to search for a song fast, Press and hold CMD + F, accidentally placed a song on the wrong deck, select Control + Z.

Study the Keyboard Shortcuts Below. You can also find the shortcuts in the Serato Help settings in the software.

PLAYBACK SHORTCUTS	LEFT DECK	RIGHT DECK
Load selected track	shift + left arrow	shift + right arrow
Double track	control + shift + left arrow	control + shift + right arrow
Eject Virtual Deck	shift + alt + left arrow	shift + alt + right arrow
Play/Pause	W	S
Reverse play direction	Q	A
Add Cue Point	control + 1, 2, 3, 4, 5	control + 6, 7, 8, 9, 0
Delete Cue Point	control + shift + 1, 2, 3, 4, 5	control + shift + 6, 7, 8, 9, 0
Set next Cue Point	alt + `	alt + –
Set/Jump to Cue Points in track	1, 2, 3, 4, 5	6, 7, 8, 9, 0
Jump to temporary Cue Point	I	K
Load next track	alt + W	alt + S
Load previous track	alt + Q	alt + A
Rewind	alt + E	alt + D
Fast Forward	alt + R	alt + F
Pitch bend down	T	G
Pitch bend up	Y	H
Censor	U	J
Keylock	F5	F10

SAMPLE PLAYER SHORTCUTS	KEY
Load Sample from library (slot 1-8)	control + alt + Z, X, C, V, B, N, M and ,
Play Sample (slot 1-8)	Z, X, C, V, B, N, M and ,
Stop Sample (slot 1-8)	alt + Z, X, C, V, B, N, M and ,

LIBRARY ACTION	KEY
Move Up/Down through tracks	up/down arrow
Move Up/Down through crates	control + shift + up/down arrow
Shift highlight focus	tab
Move cursor to search	control + F
Reveal track in Explorer (PC) or Finder (Mac)	control + R
Locate last loaded track (press again for other deck)	control + L
Select All	control + A
Undo Track load	control + Z
Delete track/crate	control + delete
Send file to trash	control + shift + delete
Add track(s) to prepare panel	control + P
Zoom main waveform display	+ or –
Zoom library text size	control and + or –
Start new recording (mix, aux or mix)	control + N
Open track in default media player	control + O
(While editing BPM) Double/Halve PBM	alt + up/down arrow
Enable AM Mode(hide track names)	alt + /
Enter Beatgrid Edit Mode	alt + spacebar (repeat to toggle between decks)
Exit Serato DJ	Esc (escape)

LOOP SHORTCUTS	LEFT DECK	RIGHT DECK
Loop On/Off	[	‘ (apostrophe)
Autoloop On/Off	alt + 1, 2, 3, 4, 5	alt + 6, 7, 8, 9, 0
Loop Roll	control + alt + 1, 2, 3, 4, 5	control + alt + 6, 7, 8, 9, 0
Reloop/Exit	alt + [	alt + ‘ (apostrophe)
Set/Adjust loop in point	O	L
Set/Adjust loop out point	P	; (semicolon)
Loop Slot Select Up	alt + O	alt + L
Loop Slot Select Down	alt + P	alt + ; (semicolon)