Contents
Windows vs Mac Equivalent keys
| Windows | Mac Equivalent |
|---|---|
| Alt | option |
| Backspace | delete (< X) |
| Ctrl | command |
| Delete | fn+delete (< X) |
| Insert (Ins) | fn+return |
| Windows | command |
Global Shortcuts
| Keys/Action | File Operations |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+Z | Undo / Redo the last edit |
| Ctrl+Alt+Z | Undo step-by-step |
Shortcuts by Window
| Keys/Action | File Operations |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+O | Open file |
| Ctrl+S | Save file |
| Ctrl+N | Save new version |
| Ctrl+Shift+S | Save As… |
| Ctrl+R | Export wave file |
| Ctrl+Shift+R | Export mp3 file |
| Ctrl+Shift+M | Export MIDI file |
| Alt+0,1..9 | Open recent files 0..9 |
| Ctrl+Shift+H | (Re)arrange windows |
| Keys/Action | Pattern Selector (Numpad) |
|---|---|
| 1..9 | Select patterns 1..9 |
| + | Next pattern |
| – | Previous pattern |
| F2 | Open name editor for the selected pattern. Repeated presses randomly choose colours. |
| F4 | Next empty pattern with naming dialogue |
| Ctrl+F4 | Next empty pattern |
| Keys/Action | Channel Rack & Step Sequencer |
|---|---|
| 1…9, 0 | Mute/Unmute first 10 channels |
| Ctrl+1..9,0 | Solo/UnSolo first 10 channels |
| Up-Arrow | Select the previous channel |
| Down-Arrow | Next channel |
| Page Up | Next channel Group |
| Page Down | Previous channel Group |
| Alt+Del | Delete selected channel/s |
| Alt+Down-Arrow | Change the selected Channel, one step down |
| Alt+Up-Arrow | Change the selected Channel, one step up |
| Alt+C | Clone selected channels |
| Alt+G | Group selected channels |
| Alt+M | Toggle Mixer Track Selectors |
| Alt+U | Unzip selected channel/s |
| Alt+Z | Zip selected channel/s |
| Ctrl+Alt+R | Force restretch of all Audio Clip Channels |
| Ctrl+Enter | Focus Playlist |
| Ctrl+Shift+C | Clone channel/s |
| Ctrl+C | Copy channel Steps/Score |
| Ctrl+L | Route selected Channel/s to free mixer track/s |
| Ctrl+V | Paste channel Steps/Score |
| Ctrl+X | Cut channel Steps/Score |
| Shift+Up-Arrow | Move selected channel/s Up |
| Shift+Down-Arrow | Move selected channel/s Down |
| Shift+Ctrl+Left-Arrow | Shift Steps Left |
| Shift+Ctrl+Right-Arrow | Shift Steps Right |
| Keys/Action | Record / Playback / Transport |
|---|---|
| Backspace | Toggle Line/None Snap |
| Space | Start/Stop Playback |
| Ctrl+Space | Start/Pause Playback |
| L | Switch Pattern/Song mode |
| R | Switch On/Off recording (This also works during playback) |
| 0 (NumPad) | Fast forward |
| / (NumPad) | Previous bar (Song mode) |
| * (NumPad) | Next bar (Song mode) |
| Ctrl+E | Toggle Step Edit mode |
| Ctrl+H | Stop sound (panic) |
| Ctrl+T | Toggle typing keypad to piano keypad |
| Ctrl+B | Toggle blend notes |
| Ctrl+M | Toggle metronome |
| Ctrl+P | Toggle recording metronome precount |
| Ctrl+I | Toggle wait for input to start recording |
| Keys/Action | Window Navigation |
|---|---|
| Tab | Cycle nested windows |
| F8 | Open Plugin Picker |
| Enter | Toggle Max/Min Playlist |
| Esc | Closes a window |
| F1 | This Help |
| F5 | Toggle Playlist |
| F6 | Toggle Step Sequencer |
| F7 | Toggle Piano roll |
| Alt+F8 | Show/hide Sample Browser |
| F9 | Show/hide Mixer |
| F10 | Show/hide MIDI settings |
| F11 | Show/hide song info window |
| F12 | Close all windows |
| Ctrl+Shift+H | Arrange windows |
| Keys/Action | Mixer |
|---|---|
| Alt+Left-Arrow / Right-Arrow | Move selected mixer track/s Left/Right |
| Alt+L | Select the channels Linked to the selected mixer track |
| Alt+W | Toggle Peak-meter ‘Wave’ view |
| Ctrl+L | Link selected channels to the selected mixer track |
| Shift+Ctrl+L | Link selected channels STARTING From selected mixer track |
| Shift+Mouse-Wheel | Move selected mixer track/s Left/Right (mouse-over track) |
| Ctrl+Shift+Left-Click | Select multiple mixer tracks |
| Ctrl+Shift+S | Save Mixer track state |
| F2 | Rename selected mixer track |
| S | Solo Current track |
| Alt+S | Alt Solo – Activate Current track and all tracks Routed TO/FROM It |
| Alt+R | Render Armed tracks to .wav |
| Keys/Action | Playlist action |
|---|---|
| B | Paint tool |
| C | Slice tool |
| D | Delete tool |
| E | Select tool |
| P | Draw tool (pencil) |
| S | Slip edit tool |
| T | Mute tool |
| Y | Playback tool |
| Z | Zoom tool |
| Alt | Bypass snap (very useful when combined with other modifiers) |
| Alt+G | Ungroup selection |
| Alt+M | Mute selection |
| Alt+P | Open the Picker Panel |
| Alt+T | Add Time marker |
| Alt+/* and Ctrl+Alt+/* | Jump to Next/Previous song marker (if present) |
| Alt+Left-Click | Grouped Tracks Mute switches – Mute/Unmute all. |
| Alt+Right-Click | Audition the clip selected. |
| Alt+Right-Shift | Engage snap free ‘Slice Mode’, release Alt after clicking on the Clip to use snapping. |
| Alt+Shift+M | Unmute selection |
| Ctrl+A | Select All |
| Backspace | Toggle Global Snap (none, current setting) |
| Ctrl+B | Duplicate selection (or all Clips in zoom range if nothing is selected) to the right. |
| Ctrl+C | Copy selection |
| Ctrl+D | Deselect selection |
| Ctrl+P | Toggle Performance Mode |
| Ctrl+T | Add Time Marker |
| Ctrl+V | Paste selection |
| Ctrl+X | Cut selection |
| Ctrl+Alt+C | Consolidate selected Pattern/Audio Clips to audio, starting from the first selected Clip |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C | Consolidate selected Pattern/Audio Clips to audio, starting from the start of the Playlist |
| Ctrl+Alt+G | Grid Color |
| Ctrl+Alt+Home | Toggle Resizing from Left |
| Ctrl+F8 | Open Project Picker |
| Ctrl+Ins | Add space at the start of the timeline selection of equal length to the selection |
| Ctrl+Del | Delete space according to the timeline selection |
| Ctrl+Enter | Select time around the selection |
| Ctrl+Left-Arrow/Right-Arrow | Select the time before/after selection equal to the selection length |
| Ctrl+Left-click | Select |
| Ctrl+Shift+Left-click | Add to selection |
| Ctrl+Shift+Right-Click | Zoom to selected Clip |
| Ctrl+Right-Click | Zoom on selection / Drag to make zoom selection (zoom on release) |
| Del | Delete selected clip/pattern source data |
| Double Left-click on clip/pattern | Open clip/pattern properties (e.g. Channel settings, Piano roll) |
| Home | Move the playback marker to the start of the Playlist. |
| Insert Key | Slice Clip at the mouse cursor position |
| Left-Shift+Left-click (on Playlist) | Add and resize clip/pattern (move mouse L/R after the click and hold to resize). Must be in draw mode (pencil icon). |
| Left-Shift+Right-Click | Pan view |
| Middle mouse button | Pan view (hold & drag left/right) |
| PgUp / PgDown | Zoom in / Zoom out |
| Draw tool + Shift | Swap to Paint |
| Right-Click | Delete selected clip/pattern |
| Right-Shift+Left-click | Slice clip/pattern (click above/below clip/pattern & drag vertical) |
| Right-Alt+Right-Shift+Left-click | Vertical Slice clip. Release alt to engage snap. |
| Right-Shift+Right-Click | Slice clip/pattern & delete smallest part (click above/below clip/pattern & drag vertical) |
| Right-Alt+Right-Click | Quantize selected |
| Right-Alt+Left-click | Mute selected |
| Shift+C | Select all Clips according to the currently selected Clip source |
| Shift+G | Group selected Clips |
| Shift+I | Invert selection |
| Shift+Q | Quick quantize Clip start times |
| Shift+Left-Arrow/Right-Arrow | Move selection Left/Right |
| Shift+Up-Arrow/Down-Arrow | Move selection Up/Down |
| Shift+Left-click (on clip/pattern) | Clone (drag while holding clip/pattern) |
| Shift+mouse-wheel (on Clips) | Nudge Clip position |
| Shift+Alt+T | Set a Time Signature at the Play head or time selection |
| Shift+M | Switch stretch mode |
| Shift+mouse-wheel (on Track label area) | Re-order Clip Tracks |
| Shift + 0 (zero) | Center Playlist to the play-head position (numbers above typing keys) |
| Shift + 1 to 3 | Horizontal Zoom levels 1 (zoom out) to 3 (zoom in), (numbers above typing keys) |
| Shift + 4 | Horizontal Zoom, show all (numbers above typing keys) |
| Shift + 5 | Zoom to selection (numbers above typing keys) |
| Shift + 6 | Fit Performance Zone to Playlist (numbers above typing keys) |
| Keys/Action | Piano roll action |
|---|---|
| NOTE: | Some keyboard modifiers apply only to Draw mode ( |
| B | Paint tool |
| C | Slice tool |
| D | Delete tool |
| E | Select tool |
| F | Show next property in the Piano roll event lane (lower section) |
| G | Select the Channel above |
| H | Select the Channel above with note data |
| J | Select the Channel below with note data |
| K | Select the Channel below |
| M | Toggle Keyboard view mode |
| O | Toggle Portamento |
| P | Draw tool (pencil) |
| T | Mute tool |
| Y | Playback tool |
| Z | Zoom tool |
| Alt | Bypass snap (very useful when combined with other modifiers) |
| Alt+A | Arpeggiator |
| Alt+B | View note helpers |
| Alt+C | Change the color of selected note/s (to the selected colour group) |
| Alt+E | Riff machine |
| Alt+F | Flam |
| Alt+G | Ungroup selected notes |
| Alt+K | Open Limit tool |
| Alt+L | Open Articulate tool |
| Alt+M | Mute selection |
| Alt+N | Switch waveform helper view (when available). |
| Alt+O | Open LFO tool when in the lower Event Editor area |
| Alt+Q | Quantize |
| Alt+R | Open Randomize tool |
| Alt+S | Open Strum tool |
| Alt+U | Open Chop tool |
| Alt+V | Toggle Ghost channels ON/OFF |
| Alt+W | Open Claw Machine tool |
| Alt+X | Open Scale Levels tool |
| Alt+Y | Open Score Flipper tool |
| Alt+Shift+M | Unmute selection |
| Alt+Mouse wheel | Change the selected note property of the note the mouse pointer is near or on. |
| Alt+Arrow keys | Nudge the position of the selected note/s OR all notes if no selection is made. |
| Backspace | Toggle Global Snap (none, current setting) |
| Ctrl+A | Select All |
| Ctrl+B | Duplicate selection, or all notes in zoom range if nothing is selected, to the right. Works also with time-line selections. |
| Ctrl+C | Copy selection |
| Ctrl+D | Deselect selection |
| Ctrl+G | Glue selected and touching notes |
| Ctrl+I | Insert current controller value |
| Ctrl+L | Quick legato |
| Ctrl+M | Import MIDI file |
| Ctrl+Q | Quick Quantize |
| Ctrl+U | Quick Chop |
| Ctrl+V | Paste selection |
| Ctrl+X | Cut selection |
| Ctrl+Alt+G | Grid Color |
| Ctrl+Alt+Home | Toggle allows resizing from left |
| Ctrl+Delete | Delete space equal to the selection |
| Ctrl+Enter | Select time around the selection |
| Ctrl+Insert | Insert space equal to the current time-line selection |
| Ctrl+Up-Arrow/Down-Arrow | Transpose selection UP/Down 1 Octave |
| Ctrl+Left-Arrow/Right-Arrow | Select time before (left) or after (right) current selection |
| Ctrl+Left-click | Select |
| Ctrl+Shift+Left-click | Add to selection |
| Ctrl+Right-Click | Zoom on selection/Drag to make zoom selection (zoom on release) |
| Del | Delete selected |
| Double Left-click on the note | Open note properties |
| Double Right-Click or X1 button on Ghost note | Swap to Ghost channel to edit the note. |
| Left-Shift+Left-click (on Piano roll) | Add and resize notes (move mouse L/R after the click and hold to resize) |
| Left-Shift+Right-Click | Pan view |
| Left-Alt+Right-Click | Audio preview |
| Middle mouse button | Pan view (hold and drag left/right) |
| PgUp / PgDown | Zoom in / Zoom out |
| Draw tool + Shift | Swap to Paint |
| Right-Click | Delete Selected Note/s |
| Right-Alt+Right-Click | Quantize selected |
| Right-Shift+Left-click | Slice notes (click above/below the note and drag vertically) |
| Right-Shift+Right-Click | Slice notes & delete the smallest part (click above/below the note and drag vertically) |
| Shift+Alt+T | Set a Time Signature at the Play head or time selection |
| Shift+Ctrl+V | Paste from MIDI clipboard |
| Shift+C | Select by colour |
| Shift+D | Discard selected note lengths |
| Shift+G | Group selected |
| Shift+H | Select the next Channel, in the selected Pattern, with note data. |
| Shift+I | Invert selection |
| Shift+K | Select the next Channel |
| Alt+M | Mute selection |
| Shift+N | Turn off selected chord |
| Shift+Q | Quick quantize |
| Shift+M | Select groups of notes at random |
| Shift+R | Select at random (multiple presses will select more notes) |
| Shift+Left-Arrow/Right-Arrow | Move selection Left/Right |
| Shift+Up-Arrow/Down-Arrow | Move selection Up/Down |
| Shift+Left-click | Clone (drag while holding clip/pattern), release Shift after dragging to unlock vertical movement |
| Shift+mouse-wheel (on Clips) | Nudge Clip position |
| Shift+mouse-wheel (on Track label area) | Re-order Clip Tracks |
| Shift + 0 (zero) | Center Playlist to the play-head position (numbers above typing keys) |
| Shift + 1 to 3 | Horizontal Zoom levels 1 (zoom out) to 3 (zoom in), (numbers above typing keys) |
| Shift + 4 | Horizontal Zoom, show all (numbers above typing keys) |
| Shift + 5 | Zoom to selection (numbers above typing keys) |