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Keyboard Shortcuts

Complete keyboard shortcut reference organized by category.

Transport

  • Space — Play / Pause
  • R — Toggle Record
  • L — Toggle Loop
  • F5 — Toggle Song / Pattern Mode
  • Home — Return to start

File Operations

  • Ctrl+N — New Project
  • Ctrl+O — Open Project
  • Ctrl+S — Save Project
  • Ctrl+Shift+S — Save As
  • Ctrl+R — Export Audio

Edit Operations

  • Ctrl+Z — Undo
  • Ctrl+Y — Redo
  • Ctrl+X — Cut
  • Ctrl+C — Copy
  • Ctrl+V — Paste
  • Delete — Delete selected
  • Escape — Deselect all
  • Ctrl+D — Duplicate selection

Window Toggles

  • 1 / F6 — Channel Rack
  • 2 / F9 — Mixer
  • 3 / F7 — Piano Roll
  • 4 / F8 — Sampler
  • 5 — Sound Palette
  • 6 / F10 — Session View
  • Ctrl+B — Browser
  • F12 — Debug Console

Panel Toggles

  • Ctrl+I — AI Companion
  • Ctrl+Shift+I — AI Settings
  • Ctrl+H — History Panel
  • Ctrl+L — Loudness Meter
  • Ctrl+M — MIDI Mappings
  • Ctrl+F — Freeze selected track

AI Features

  • Ctrl+Shift+A — AI Arrange
  • Ctrl+Shift+M — AI Mix
  • Ctrl+Shift+T — AI Transition

Screensets

  • Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+9 — Recall Screenset 1–9

Piano Roll

  • V — Select tool
  • D — Draw tool
  • E — Erase tool
  • Ctrl+A — Select all notes
  • Ctrl+D — Duplicate selection
  • Ctrl+L — Quantize to grid
  • Ctrl+H — Humanize
  • Ctrl+T — Transpose up (in scale)
  • Ctrl+Shift+T — Transpose down
  • + / − — Zoom horizontal
  • Shift + / − — Zoom vertical

Playlist

  • A — Toggle automation display
  • B — Toggle automation draw mode
  • Space — Play / Stop
  • L — Toggle loop
  • R — Toggle record
  • Home — Jump to start
  • Delete — Delete selected clips
  • Ctrl+X — Cut
  • Ctrl+C — Copy
  • Ctrl+V — Paste

Customization

Open View > Utility > Key Commands to view and reassign all shortcuts. Preset sets available: Default, FL Studio, Ableton, Pro Tools, and Custom.

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