File Operations
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| 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..9 | Open recent files 0..9 | |
| Ctrl+F | Browser smart find... |
Pattern Selector
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| NumPad1..9 | Select patterns 1..9 | |
| NumPad+ | Next pattern | |
| NumPad- | Previous pattern | |
| Arrow Right | Next pattern | |
| Arrow Left | Previous pattern | |
| F4 | Next empty pattern |
Channel Window & Step Sequencer
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| 0..9 | Mute/Unmute first 10 channels | |
| Ctrl+0..9 | Solo/Unsolo first 10 channels | |
| Arrow Up | Select previous channel | |
| Arrow Down | Next channel | |
| Alt+G | Group selected channels | |
| Alt+Z | Zip selected channels | |
| Alt+U | Unzip selected channels | |
| Shift+Arrow Up | Move selected channels up | |
| Shift+Arrow Down | Move selected channels down | |
| PgUp | Next channel group | |
| PgDn | Previous channel group | |
| Ctrl+C | Copy channel steps/score | |
| Ctrl+V | Paste channel steps/score | |
| Ctrl+X | Cut channel steps/score | |
| Alt+Delete | Delete selected channels | |
| Ctrl+Shift+C | Clone channels | |
| Shift+Arrow Left | Shift steps left | |
| Shift+Arrow Right | Shift steps right | |
| Alt+R | Randomize | |
| Alt+P | Send to Piano Roll | |
| K | Show Keyboard Editor | |
| G | Show Graph Editor | |
| Ctrl+Alt+R | Channels - Restretch all |
Record / Playback / Transport
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| 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) | |
| NumPad0 (zero) | Fast forward | |
| NumPad/ | Previous bar (Song mode) | |
| Ctrl+NumPad/ | Jump 4 bars back (Song mode) | |
| NumPad* | Next bar (Song mode) | |
| Ctrl+NumPad* | Jump 4 bars forward (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 |
Window Navigation
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Tab | Cycle nested windows | |
| Ctrl+F8 | Open Plugin Picker | |
| Ctrl+Alt+F8 | Open Project Picker | |
| Shift+F8 | Plugin database | |
| Enter | Toggle max/min Playlist | |
| Esc | Closes a window | |
| F1 | Help | |
| F5 | Toggle Playlist | |
| F6 | Toggle Step Sequencer | |
| F7 | Toggle Piano Roll | |
| 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+F12 | Close all unfocused windows | |
| Shift+F12 | Align all channel editors (since program version 11.5.8) | |
| Ctrl+Shift+H | Arrange windows - Realign |
Mixer
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Alt+Arrow Left/Arrow Right | Move selected mixer track left/right | |
| Alt+L | Select the channels linked to the selected mixer track | |
| Ctrl+L | Link selected channels to selected mixer track | |
| Ctrl+Shift+L | Link selected channels starting from selected mixer track | |
| 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 |
Playlist Action
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| B | Paint tool | |
| C | Slice tool | |
| D | Delete tool | |
| E | Select tool | |
| P | Pencil tool | |
| 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+P | Open the Piano Roll or channel depending on what's selected in the Playlist | |
| Alt+T | Add time marker | |
| Alt+NumPad*// | Jump to next/previous song marker (if present) | |
| Ctrl+Alt+NumPad*// | Jump to next/previous song marker (if present) and select until next song marker (if present) or until song end | |
| 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 | |
| Ctrl+A | Select all | |
| 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+G | Grid color | |
| Ctrl+Alt+Home | Toggle resizing from left | |
| Ctrl+Insert | Add space at the start of the timeline selection of equal length to the selection | |
| Ctrl+Delete | Delete space according to the timeline selection | |
| Ctrl+Enter | Select time around selection | |
| Ctrl+Arrow Left/Arrow Right | Select 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) | |
| Delete | 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 | Slice clip at mouse cursor position | |
| Left Shift+Left Click (on Playlist) | Add and resize clip/pattern (move mouse L/R after click and hold to resize) (must be in pencil mode) | |
| Left Shift+Right Click | Pan view | |
| Middle Mouse Button | Pan view (hold & drag left/right) | |
| PgUp/PgDn | Zoom in / Zoom out | |
| Pencil tool+Shift | Swap to Brush | |
| 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 | Temporarily swaps between Paint & Draw modes | |
| 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+Arrow Left/Arrow Right | Move selection left/right | |
| Shift+Arrow Up/Arrow Down | 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+Mouse Wheel (on track label area) | Reorder clip tracks | |
| Shift+0 (zero) | Center Playlist to playhead position | |
| Shift+1..3 | Horizontal zoom levels 1 (zoom out) to 3 (zoom in) | |
| Shift+4 | Horizontal zoom, show all | |
| Shift+5 | Zoom to selection | |
| Shift+6 | Fit Performance Zone to Playlist |
Piano Roll Action
| Windows | 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) | |
| M | Toggle Keyboard view mode | |
| O | Toggle Portamento | |
| P | Pencil tool | |
| 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 color of selected notes (to selected color group) | |
| Alt+E | Riff machine | |
| Alt+F | Flam | |
| Alt+G | Ungroup selected notes | |
| Alt+K | Open Limit tool | |
| Alt+L | Open Articulate tool | |
| Alt+N | Switch waveform helper view (when available) | |
| Alt+O | Open LFO tool when in lower Event Editor area | |
| Alt+Q | Quantize | |
| Alt+R | Open Randomize tool | |
| Alt+S | Open Strum tool | |
| Alt+G | Glue | |
| 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+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 notes or all notes if no selection is made | |
| 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 | |
| Shift+Enter | Flip separator (since program version 11.5.8) | |
| Ctrl+Alt+Home | Toggle allow resizing from left | |
| Ctrl+Delete | Delete space equal to selection | |
| Ctrl+Enter | Select time around selection | |
| Ctrl+Insert | Insert space equal to the current time line selection | |
| Ctrl+Alt+Insert | Slice & insert space (since program version 11.5.8) | |
| Shift+Arrow Left/Arrow Right | Shift left/right | |
| Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Left/Arrow Right | Rotate left/right (since program version 11.5.8) | |
| Ctrl+Arrow Up/Arrow Down | Transpose selection up/down 1 octave | |
| Ctrl+Arrow Left/Arrow Right | 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) | |
| Delete | Delete selected | |
| Double Left Click (on note) | Open note properties | |
| Double Right Click / 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 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/PgDn | Zoom in / Zoom out | |
| Pencil tool+Shift | Swap to Brush | |
| Right Click | Delete selected notes | |
| Right Alt+Right Click | Quantize selected | |
| Right Shift+Left Click | Slice notes (click above/below note and drag vertical) | |
| Right Shift+Right Click | Slice notes & delete smallest part (click above/below note and drag vertical) | |
| Shift+G | Group selected notes | |
| Ctrl+Shift+V | Paste from MIDI clipboard | |
| Shift | Temporarily swaps between Paint & Draw modes | |
| Shift+C | Select by color | |
| Shift+O | Select odd (since program version 11.5.8) | |
| Shift+D | Discard selected note lengths | |
| Shift+G | Group selected | |
| Shift+I | Invert selection | |
| Shift+N | Turn off selected chord | |
| Shift+Q | Quick quantize | |
| Shift+R | Select at random (multiple presses will select more notes) | |
| Shift+M | Select more at random (since program version 11.5.8) | |
| Shift+Arrow Left/Arrow Right | Move selection left/right | |
| Shift+Arrow Up/Arrow Down | 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) | Reorder clip tracks | |
| Shift+0 (zero) | Center Playlist to playhead position | |
| Shift+1..3 | Horizontal zoom levels 1 (zoom out) to 3 (zoom in) | |
| Shift+4 | Horizontal zoom, show all | |
| Shift+5 | Zoom to selection | |
| Shift+6 | Step sequencer mode zoom (since program version 11.5.8) | |
| Alt+T | Time markers - Add one... (since program version 11.5.8) | |
| Ctrl+T | Time markers - Add auto (since program version 11.5.8) |
