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Reference

Keyboard shortcuts

Every shortcut, by category, for Windows and macOS.

Press ? at any time to open the in-app shortcut overlay. Shortcuts are disabled while you are typing in a text field. On macOS, use Cmd wherever Ctrl is shown.

Transport shortcuts

  • Space — Play / Stop
  • Enter — Play
  • Escape — Stop
  • R — Record
  • M — Toggle metronome
  • Home / End — Jump to the start / end of the arrangement
  • , / . — Rewind / forward one bar

Tracks shortcuts

  • 1-9 — Select track
  • Shift + 1-9 — Arm track
  • 0 — Toggle mute — looper: selected layer(s), arrangement: selected clip(s)
  • Z — Undo last layer (selected track)

Editing & Undo shortcuts

  • Ctrl + Z — Global undo
  • Ctrl + Shift + Z — Global redo
  • Ctrl + Y — Global redo (arrangement view)
  • Ctrl + D — Duplicate the selected track or clip
  • Esc — Audio editor: clear the time selection
  • Ctrl + E — Audio editor: split at the selection’s edges (or the playhead)
  • Ctrl + Shift + E — Audio editor: trim the clip to the selection

Panels & Overlays shortcuts

  • P — Toggle piano roll
  • I — Toggle synth panel
  • W — Toggle audio editor
  • B — Toggle plugin browser
  • K — Toggle floating AI assistant (arrangement view)
  • ? — Show keyboard shortcuts

View & Voice shortcuts

  • Tab — Toggle Looper / Arrangement view
  • Shift+A (hold) — Push-to-talk voice input
  • Ctrl + = / - / 0 — Display size of the whole app (View menu)

Timeline Range (Arrangement) shortcuts

  • Drag ruler / lanes — Select a time range (lanes: drag down to scope it)
  • Shift + click — Extend the time range
  • Ctrl + drag lanes — Marquee-select clips
  • Esc — Clear the time range
  • Ctrl + C / X / V — Copy / Cut / Paste the time range (paste targets the selected track)
  • Ctrl + D — Duplicate the time range after itself
  • Ctrl + E — Split clips at the range boundaries
  • Ctrl + L — Loop the time range (no clip selected)
  • Delete — Delete the time range (no clip selected)
  • Space — Play from the range start when one is selected

Clip Editing (Arrangement) shortcuts

  • S — Split the selected clip at the playhead (one clip selected)
  • Ctrl + J — Consolidate the selected clips
  • Ctrl + L — Link the selected clips so they edit together (clips selected)
  • Ctrl + Shift + L — Unlink the selected clips
  • Ctrl + G — Group the selected tracks into a summing bus
  • Ctrl + Shift + G — Ungroup the selected group
  • Delete — Delete the selected clips (or automation points)
  • B — Toggle automation draw (pencil) mode
  • A — Toggle Automation View
    • / - — Zoom the arrangement in / out (around the view centre)
  • F — Fit the whole project to the window
  • Ctrl + wheel — Zoom the arrangement around the mouse cursor

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