Guide Keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcuts don't work while you're typing in a box, or while a dialog or panel (Guide, Search, Export, New, FIT, Loop range, Markers) is open. Ctrl+K (search) and Ctrl+S (save) work everywhere. On a focused slider, the arrow keys, Home, End, Page Up and Page Down move the slider and every other key is still a shortcut. A drop-down menu lets go of the keyboard after you pick from it with the mouse.

Timeline

Keys	Action
`Space`	Play / pause
`Ctrl+S` / `Ctrl+O` / `Ctrl+E`	Save / Open / Export (`Cmd` on a Mac)
`Ctrl+Shift+S`	Save As
`V` / `C`	Selection tool / Razor tool
`L`	Loop on / off
`J` / `Shift+L`	Playhead back / forward a bar (`Shift+J`: back 4 bars)
`K`	Play / pause (like Space)
`I` / `O`	Set loop In / Out at the playhead
`Home`	Go to the loop In point
`M`	Add a marker at the playhead
`Shift+M`	Add a hit point (a marker locked to time) at the playhead
`,` / `.`	Jump to the previous / next marker
`Ctrl+Z`	Undo
`Ctrl+Shift+Z` or `Ctrl+Y`	Redo
`Ctrl+A`	Select all clips
`Ctrl+C` / `Ctrl+X` / `Ctrl+V`	Copy / cut / paste at the playhead
`Ctrl+D`	Duplicate the selection as a block right after itself
`Ctrl+Shift+D`	Duplicate it linked (the copies play the same pattern as their originals)
`Delete` or `Backspace`	Delete selected clips (or selected automation points)
`Esc`	Clear the selection
`+` / `-`	Zoom in / out (around the playhead, or the middle of the view when the playhead is off screen)
`Ctrl+K`	Search tools, settings, instruments, starters and the guide
`?`	Open this guide
`A`–`'`, `W`–`P`, `Z` / `X`	With the computer keyboard piano on: play notes, and change octave
`→` / `←`, `Backspace`	With note entry on and no notes selected: move the cursor a step (a rest), or take the last step out
`Tab` to a marker flag, then `Enter` / `F2` / `Delete` / `←` `→`	Go there / rename / delete / move it a SNAP step (with `Shift`: a bar)
`Esc` (audio clip editor)	Close it

On a Mac, use Cmd instead of Ctrl.

Mouse

Gesture	Action
Shift on the ruler, with the Razor, on right-click or a pad drop; or after you start dragging a clip	Ignore snap (loop brackets and piano-roll notes always snap)
Alt (Option) + drag a clip	Duplicate it
Drag a clip up or down	Move it to another track that can play it
Ctrl / Cmd + mouse wheel, or pinch	Zoom around the pointer
Right-click the ruler	Add a marker, a tempo change, a glide or a time signature here, punch in or out, a build-up & drop, a drop, stop or beat switch, speed up into here, a key change from here, insert bars here, delete the bars between In and Out, or cut the song to length
Click a marker flag	Move the playhead there
Drag a marker flag	Move the marker (Shift: no snap)
Double-click a marker flag	Rename it
Right-click a marker flag	Rename, Lock to time / Lock to bar, Delete
Curve button on a track header	Show or hide that track's automation
Shift / Ctrl / Cmd + click	Add to or remove from the selection
Double-click empty lane (Selection tool)	New 1-bar clip
Double-click a clip (Selection tool)	Edit its notes (with the Razor, right-click > Edit notes)
`Tab` to a clip (one stop per track; `Ctrl+←` / `Ctrl+→` for the one before or after on the track)	`Enter` opens it, `Delete` deletes it, `←` / `→` move it a grid step (Shift: a bar), the menu key or `Shift+F10` opens its menu
Double-click a VOL or PAN slider	Reset it
Double-click the Swing slider	Set swing to 0%

Piano roll (while it's open)

Keys	Action
`Ctrl+A`	Select all notes
`Delete` or `Backspace`	Delete selected notes
`Ctrl+C` / `Ctrl+X`	Copy / cut the selected notes
`Ctrl+V`	Paste the copied notes (at the playhead if it's in the clip)
`Ctrl+D`	Duplicate the selected notes straight after themselves
Arrow keys	Nudge selected notes (time, or one semitone)
`Shift+Up` / `Shift+Down`	Move selected notes an octave (on drum and slice parts, one row)
`Esc`	Clear the note selection, or close the piano roll
`Alt`-drag a note	Slide it up or down to another pitch by its end (with `Shift`: from the pointer)