Keyboard Shortcuts
Action | PC | Mac |
Create new project | Ctrl + Alt + N | ⌥ ⌘ N |
Open project | Ctrl + O | ⌘ O |
Save current project | Ctrl + S | ⌘ S |
Save current project as | Ctrl + Shift + S | ⇧ ⌘ S |
Show Settings window | Ctrl + , | ⌘ , |
Show this Manual | F1 | F1 |
Start/stop playback | Space | Space |
Reset playhead back to start | Z | Z |
Toggle looping on/off | L | L |
Fit looping to selected regions | Ctrl + L | ⌘ L |
Toggle metronome on/off | C | C |
Toggle snapping to grid on/off | N | N |
Switch to Arrow tool | 1 | 1 |
Switch to Pen tool | 2 | 2 |
Switch to Time-stretching tool | 3 | 3 |
Switch to Split tool | 4 | 4 |
Undo | Ctrl + Z | ⌘ Z |
Redo | Ctrl + Shift + Z | ⇧ ⌘ Z |
Select all regions, audio clips, or notes | Ctrl + A | ⌘ A |
Select all regions on a track | Ctrl + click the track panel | ⌘ + click the track panel |
Select all notes with the same pitch | Ctrl + click the key in Note Editor | ⌘ + click the key in Note Editor |
Delete selected regions, clips, notes, track, or device | Backspace / Delete | ⌫ / ⌦ |
Cut selected regions, audio clips, or notes | Ctrl + X | ⌘ X |
Copy selected regions, audio clips, or notes | Ctrl + C | ⌘ C |
Paste copied elements at playhead position | Ctrl + V | ⌘ V |
Duplicate selected regions or notes | Ctrl + D or Alt + drag selected elements | ⌘ D or ⌥ + drag selected elements |
Mute selected track | M | M |
Solo selected track | S | S |
Switch displayed track automation | A | A |
Add new track | Shift + T | ⇧ T |
Transpose selected regions or audio clips | Ctrl + Up/Down | ⌘ ↑/↓ |
Transpose selected regions or audio clips by octave | Ctrl + Shift + Up/Down | ⇧ ⌘ ↑/↓ |
Move selected notes in small steps | Arrow keys | Arrow keys |
Move selected notes by octave or beat | Shift + Arrow keys | ⇧ Arrow keys |
Quantize selected notes | Q | Q |
Show/hide Velocity Panel | V | V |
Switch Content Editor mode | Tab | ⇥ |
Change Virtual Keyboard octave | +/- | +/- |
Scroll editors horizontally | Shift + scroll the mouse wheel | ⇧ + scroll the mouse wheel |
Zoom editors horizontally | Ctrl + Plus/Minus or Ctrl + scroll the mouse wheel |
⌘ +/- or ⌘ + scroll the mouse wheel |
Zoom editors vertically | Alt + Plus/Minus or Alt + scroll the mouse wheel |
⌥ +/- or ⌥ + scroll the mouse wheel |
Show/hide Sound Library | Ctrl + Shift + L | ⇧ ⌘ L |
Show/hide Track Inspector | Ctrl + Shift + I | ⇧ ⌘ I |
Show/hide Virtual Keyboard | Ctrl + Shift + K | ⇧ ⌘ K |
Show/hide Content Editor | Ctrl + Shift + E | ⇧ ⌘ E |
Show/hide XYBeatz | Ctrl + Shift + B | ⇧ ⌘ B |