MultitrackStudio Multitrack Recording Software
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Keyboard Shortcuts (Mac)

Transport

These shortcuts work in the main window, effect/instrument windows and editor windows:
  • Home or Option-Left Arrow: Go to start of song.
  • End: Go to end of song.
  • Space Bar: Toggle transport start/stop.
  • Shift-Space Bar: Start at last start position (if transport stopped), Stop and move to start position (if transport running).
  • Left/Right Arrow: Rewind/Fast Forward.
    Several modifier keys can be used combined with the left/right arrow keys:
    • M: To previous/next Marker.
    • B: To previous/next bar.
    • E: To previous/next beat.
    • S: One second backward/forward.
    • I: One minute backward/forward.
    • Q: One quarter hour backward/forward.
    • H: One hour backward/forward.
    • R: To last recording start/end.
    • Command: Walk through history of recent start positions (and the last stop position if transport is stopped). These positions are also available from the Markers menu. You can press Command-Left Arrow to manually 'loop' part of the song. This can be useful when setting up effects.
    • Ctrl: Move one pixel in the editors. The actual amount of time depends on the zoom level.
  • Page Up/Down: Move one editor page. The actual amount of time depends on the zoom level and the window width.
  • F6: Cycle selected part of focused track.
  • -: Zoom Out.
  • +: Zoom In.
These work in the main window only:
  • Option-M: Add Marker.
  • Option-Command-V: Show/Hide VariSpeed control (Pro Plus edition only).

Main Window

  • Command-S: Save song.
  • Command-I: Show Audio Input Control.
  • Command-J: Toggle Soft Monitoring.
  • Command-P: Toggle Punch In/Out recording.
  • Option-Command-P: Toggle Sound On Sound recording.
  • Command-L: Show Add Click Track window.
  • Command-T: Add empty track.
  • Option-Command-A: Add Audio Track.
  • Option-Command-M: Add MIDI Track.
  • Option-Command-I: Import audio/MIDI file.
  • Option-T: Alternate Take, add Shift to avoid rewinding.
  • Option-Command-T: Alternate Take (in new tracks), add Shift to avoid rewinding.
  • Command-Y: Show Delay Before Recording window.
  • Command-K: Show Keyboard Splitter window.
  • Command-R: Toggle Ripple button.
  • Command-G: Toggle Snap button.
  • Command-B: Toggle Bars button.
  • Command-E: Show Tempo / Time Signature Editor.
  • Option-Command-E: Show Song Editor.
  • Option-Command-U: Show Multi MIDI Editor.
  • Command-U: Show Multitrack Editor.
  • Option-Command-C: Show Chords Editor.
  • Option-Command-L: Show Lyrics Editor.
  • Command-O: Show Audio Output Control.
  • Command-D: Show Devices window.
  • Ctrl-Command-F: Enter / exit full screen mode.
  • Command-,: Show Preferences window.
  • Shift-Command-?: Open Help menu, including a item that shows help on the control under the mouse pointer in the active window.
  • Command-M: Minimize window.
  • Up/Down Arrow: Scroll mixer sections up/down. Add Command key to scroll one page.
  • Ctrl-A: Open Add Track menu.
  • Ctrl-B: Edit BPM box.
  • Ctrl-E: Open Edit menu.
  • Ctrl-I: Edit Time Sig box.
  • Ctrl-K: Open transport start button menu.
  • Ctrl-L: Open Songlist menu (if songlist bar is visible).
  • Ctrl-N: Open transport position menu.
  • Ctrl-Q: Open Tempo menu.
  • Ctrl-R: Open Recording menu.
  • Ctrl-S: Open Song menu.
  • Ctrl-U: Open Studio menu.
  • Ctrl-W: Edit transport position box.
  • Ctrl-X: Open Mix Down menu.
  • Ctrl-Z: Open editor zoom factor selector.

The mixer section which has focus responds to keyboard shortcuts. A dot appears on the left hand side of the mixer section indicating it is focused. Tab and Shift-Tab can be used to move focus. Clicking a section (including any of its controls) will focus that section as well.

Focus indicator
Focus indicator (left) and Pan knob after pressing Ctrl-P (right).

There are keyboard shortcuts for Volume faders and rotary knobs as well. An edit field appears in which a new value can be typed. Pressing Enter accepts the new value, Esc discards it.
Instead of typing a value you can use the up/down arrow keys to move the control. Note that you'll have to press Esc to accept this value, since Enter accepts the edit field's value.

  • Tab/Shift-Tab: Focus next/previous section. Add Ctrl key to focus last / first section.
  • Ctrl-C: Toggle Rec button focused track.
  • Ctrl-D: Open editor focused track.
  • Ctrl-F: Open file menu focused track.
  • Ctrl-M: Toggle Mute button focused section.
  • Ctrl-O: Toggle Solo button focused section (Mono on Master section).
  • Ctrl-P: Edit pan knob focused track.
  • Ctrl-Y: Toggle Play button focused track.
  • Ctrl-V: Edit volume slider focused track.
  • Ctrl-1: Edit effect send 1 knob focused track (2= second effect send etc.).
  • Ctrl-F2: Open first slot (effect/instrument) focused section.
  • Ctrl-F3: Open second slot focused section.
  • Ctrl-F4: Open third slot focused section.
Note: OS X may override the Ctrl-function key shortcuts.

Editors

Most editors can be operated using the standard OS X keyboard shortcuts. A track editor can only be controlled using keyboard shortcuts if the track has focus. The Time Signature and Tempo editors do not support keyboard shortcuts.
The following shortcuts are supported:

  • Command-/: Edit
  • Command-Z: Undo
  • Option-Command-Z: Redo
  • Command-X: Cut
  • Command-C: Copy
  • Command-V: Paste
  • Delete: Delete
  • Command-A: Select All
  • Shift-Command-I: Make punch-in point equal to transport position
  • Shift-Command-O: Make punch-out point equal to transport position
  • Shift-Left/Right Arrow: Shift editors left/right while keeping transport position
  • Option: Temporarily switch between Select Notes/Dots and Add mode

The Multi MIDI Editor also features:

  • Up/Down Arrow: scroll up/down. Add Command key to scroll all the way up/down.
  • Tab / Shift-Tab: make next/previous track active.
  • Option-M: Move selected notes to active track.

Add Audio Track window

  • Command-M: Mono
  • Command-S: Stereo
  • Command-N: Show # of tracks box (Pro Plus edition only).
  • Ctrl-T: Open Type selector.
  • Ctrl-C: Open Channels selector.
  • Ctrl-Q: Open Quality selector.

Effect/Instrument windows

  • Command-F: Show effect/instrument selector
  • Command-R: Reset Level History (Compressor, Dynamics, Noisegate), Reset spectrum averaging (EQ), Reload plugin (VST/VSTi/AU/AUi plugin).
  • Ctrl-B: Toggle effect Bypass button.
  • Ctrl-C: Edit instrument Channel box.
  • Ctrl-M: Toggle sidechain effect Monitor button.
  • Ctrl-P: Open Presets menu.
  • Ctrl-P: Open sidechain effect sidechain source menu.

External MIDI Instrument window

  • Up/Down Arrow: Change Program
  • Shift-Up/Down Arrow: Change Bank

Mouse modifier keys

Mouse modifier keys change the effect of a mouse click if you keep the key down while clicking.

Standard modifier keys
  • Command (while selecting): Select item without deselecting existing items (MIDI editor notes, track Solo buttons)
  • Option (while dragging): Copy item instead of move it (editors and effect slots)
Transport Start button
  • Shift: Start at last start position
  • C: Start Cycling
Effect Slots
  • B: Toggle effect's Bypass button
Track buttons
The Play, Rec, Mute and Edit buttons of all tracks will be toggled if you keep the Command key down while clicking a track's button.
Audio/MIDI editors
  • Command (on edges selected part): Stretch selected part
  • Command (in selected part): Warp selected part
Pianoroll, Score and Drum editor notes
  • V: Volume of note
  • D: Duration of note
  • S: Sharpen note (one semitone up)
  • F: Flatten note (one semitone down)
  • Q: Quantize note (move it to the current grid)
  • R: Remove (delete) note
  • T: Transpose note one octave up or down
  • X: eXpand to chord (eg. click a C and select major: an E and a G will be added)
  • 1: make it a whole note
  • 2: make it a half note
  • 4: make it a quarter note
  • 8: make it an 8th note
  • 6: make it a 16th note
  • 3: make it a 32th note

The V, D, T and X mouse modifiers pop up a small selector, which will disappear when you release the mouse button. You can select an item by moving the mouse while the mouse button is still down.
The Drum Editor doesn't support mouse modifiers which don't make sense for percussion instruments (like Duration, Sharpen, Expand to chord etc.).

Trackpad gestures

Trackpad gestures can be used in various places.

Two finger swipe:

  • Move faders and rotary knobs.
  • Scroll lists.
  • Scroll editors horizontally.
  • Scroll MIDI editors vertically.
  • While pointer is over small left/right hand side panel: scroll mixer sections vertically.

Pinch:

  • Zoom editors horizontally.
  • While pointer is over left hand side of editor: zoom editor vertically.

Mouse wheel

The mouse wheel can be used in various places:

  • Move faders and rotary knobs.
  • Scroll lists.
  • Scroll MIDI editors vertically.
  • While pointer is over small left/right hand side panel: scroll mixer sections vertically.

Combined with Command key:

  • Zoom editors horizontally.
  • While mouse is over left hand side of editor: zoom editor vertically.

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