Keyboard shortcuts
Help > Keyboard shortcuts, or F1, opens the app’s own list of every key it answers to, window by window. This page is the same list, to read or print.
The tables write Ctrl, as on Linux and Windows. On a Mac, read ⌘ for Ctrl and Option for Alt; the F1 list writes whichever your computer uses.
Anywhere
These work wherever you are, except while you are typing in a text box.
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| Space | Play or stop. In the channel rack or the piano roll, it plays or stops the pattern. |
| Home | Go to the start. |
| End | Go to the end. |
| PageUp / PageDown | Back / forward one bar. |
| L | Switch between pattern mode and song mode. |
| F1 | Open or close the list of shortcuts. |
Windows
Each key shows a window or a panel, or hides it.
| Key | What it shows |
|---|---|
| F5 | Chord sheet |
| F6 | Channel rack |
| F7 | Piano roll |
| F8 | Harmony keys |
| Alt+F8 | Patterns and Library panel |
| F9 | Mixer |
File and Edit
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+N | New |
| Ctrl+O | Open |
| Ctrl+S | Save |
| Ctrl+Shift+S | Save as |
| Ctrl+Q | Quit |
| Ctrl+Z | Undo |
| Ctrl+Shift+Z or Ctrl+Y | Redo |
Zoom
The keys zoom what is under the pointer: the playlist, the piano roll, the channel rack, or the whole window anywhere else (see Undo, zoom, windows and settings).
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl++ / Ctrl+− | Wider / narrower |
| Alt++ / Alt+− | Taller / shorter |
| Ctrl+0 | Back to 100% |
| Ctrl+wheel | Wider or narrower |
| Alt+wheel | Taller or shorter |
On most keyboards = is the + key without Shift, so Ctrl+= and Alt+= zoom too.
Chord sheet
These work after you click a bar (see The chord sheet).
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| Arrows, Tab, Shift+Tab | Move between bars. With Shift, select the bars you pass. |
| Enter or F2 | Type in the bar. Just starting to type does the same. |
| Delete or Backspace | Clear the selected bars. |
| Ctrl+A | Select every bar. |
| Ctrl+C | Copy the bars, as text. |
| Ctrl+X | Cut the bars. |
| Ctrl+V | Paste bars, or a whole chord chart. |
| Escape | Select nothing. |
Piano roll
These act on the selected notes, or on all of the channel’s notes when none is selected (see The piano roll).
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| ↑ / ↓ | Up / down a semitone |
| Shift+↑ / Shift+↓ | Up / down an octave |
| Alt+↑ / Alt+↓ | Up / down a note of the key |
| ← / → | A step earlier / later |
| Shift+← / Shift+→ | A beat earlier / later |
| Ctrl+C | Copy |
| Ctrl+X | Cut |
| Ctrl+V | Paste |
| Ctrl+D | Duplicate |
| Delete or Backspace | Delete |
| Ctrl+A | Select every note |
| Escape | Select nothing |
Playlist
These act on the selected clips (see Patterns and the playlist).
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+C | Copy |
| Ctrl+X | Cut |
| Ctrl+V | Paste |
| Ctrl+D | Duplicate |
| Delete or Backspace | Delete |
| Ctrl+A | Select every clip |
| Escape | Select nothing |
Channel rack
These work after you click a channel’s name (see The channel rack).
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| Delete or Backspace | Delete the channel. |
| Escape | Select no channel. |
Harmony keys
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| 1 to 7 | Play the chord on each degree of the key (see The harmony keys). |
Typing keyboard
These play notes while MIDI > Typing keyboard to piano is on (see MIDI keyboards and synths).
| Keys | What they play |
|---|---|
| Z X C V B N M | The white keys from C4 |
| S D G H J | The black keys from C♯4 |
| Q W E R T Y U I O P | The white keys from C5 |
| 2 3 5 6 7 9 0 | The black keys from C♯5 |
Style editor
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| Space | Play the style. |
| Ctrl+S | Save the style. |
| Ctrl+Shift+S | Save the style as. |
| Ctrl+Z | Undo. |
| Ctrl+Shift+Z or Ctrl+Y | Redo. |
| Escape | Select no channel. |
The style editor has its own undo, apart from the song’s (see Your own styles).
With the mouse
| Where | What | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Chord sheet | click a bar, then Shift+click another | selects the bars between them |
| Playlist | Ctrl+click clips | adds them to the selection |
| Playlist | Ctrl+drag on an empty place | selects the clips in the box |
| Piano roll | Ctrl+click a note | adds it to the selection, or takes it out |
| Piano roll | Ctrl+drag on an empty place | selects the notes in the box |
| Playlist | right-click a clip | deletes it |
| Piano roll | right-click a note, or right-drag over notes | deletes them |
| Library | Ctrl+click a style | applies it at once |
| Chord sheet, bar numbers, track and channel names, styles | right-click | opens their menu |