Keyboard shortcuts
This page is generated from the list on Settings ▸ Shortcuts, so the two always match. Shortcuts are written the macOS way: on Windows and Linux read ⌘ as Ctrl and ⌥ as Alt.
| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| ⌘N · ⌘O | New project / open a project |
| ⌘S · ⌘⇧S | Save (records a version) / save as |
| ⌥⌘S | Save a version with a note |
| ⌘⇧E | Export audio |
| ⌘, | Settings |
Command palette
Section titled “Command palette”| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| ⌘⇧P | Open / close the command palette — from any window, even while typing |
| ↑↓ · PgUp PgDn | Move through the results |
| Return | Apply where the palette was opened (the target shows in the field) |
| ⌘Return | An instrument or instrument preset on a new track · a track: open it in Devices |
| ⌥Return | Replace the selected device instead of inserting after it |
| ⇧Return | Apply and keep the palette open for the next device |
| Tab · ⇧Tab | Filter: all · actions · tracks · devices · presets |
| >@+#~ | Type first to filter: actions, tracks, devices, presets, Modular nodes |
| Esc | Close and go back where you were |
Transport
Section titled “Transport”| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| Space | Play / Stop |
| Return | Stop (again → back to the start) · in the Session grid it launches the selection |
| ⌘R | Record |
| ⌘M | Metronome |
| ⌘L | Loop on / off · loop the selected clips or time range |
Arrangement & editing
Section titled “Arrangement & editing”| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| ⌘Z · ⌘⇧Z | Undo / redo |
| ⌘A | Select all clips |
| ⌘⇧A | Toggle automation mode |
| ⌘⇧M | Toggle the Mixer view |
| Tab | Cycle Devices / Pattern / Clip in the detail panel |
| Esc | Cancel the current gesture / clear the selection · close the patch-bay overlay |
| ⌘G · ⌘⇧G | Group / ungroup selected tracks |
| ⌘C · ⌘X · ⌘V | Copy / cut / paste clip (or automation range) · a clip copied in Session pastes here |
| ⌘⇧C | Copy the selected clips to Session · the first scene row where they fit |
| ⌘⇧V | Paste the last range as audio rendered through its devices |
| ⌘D | Duplicate the selected clip(s) / range |
| ⌘⇧D | Duplicate time · insert a copy of the time range after it, pushing everything later right |
| ⌘⇧I | Insert silence · push everything from the range start right by its length |
| ⌘E | Split at the playhead · at the range edges |
| ⌘J | Consolidate the selection into one clip per track |
| 0 | Deactivate / activate the selected clip(s) |
| Delete | Delete the selected clip / range |
Tracks (after a click in the track headers)
Section titled “Tracks (after a click in the track headers)”| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| ⌘A | Select all tracks |
| ⌘C · ⌘X · ⌘V | Copy / cut / paste the selected tracks · paste lands after the last one |
| ⌘D | Duplicate the selected tracks |
| Delete | Delete the selected tracks · a group goes with its tracks |
Session (after a click in the grid)
Section titled “Session (after a click in the grid)”| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| ←→↑↓ | Move the selection between slots and scenes |
| Return | Launch the selected clip or scene |
| ⌘C · ⌘X · ⌘V | Copy / cut / paste a clip · a cut clip moves when pasted · clips copied in the Arrangement paste here |
| ⌘⇧C | Copy the selected clip, group slot or scene to the Arrangement at the playhead |
| ⌘D | Duplicate a clip into the slot below · a scene below itself |
| ⌘I | Insert a scene below the selection |
| F2 | Rename the selected clip or scene |
| Delete | Delete the selected clip or scene |
| Drag clip | Move it to another slot · ⌥ copies |
| Drag scene | Reorder scenes |
| Double-click slot | Edit the clip · an empty MIDI slot gets a new clip |
| Double-click header | Rename the track |
| Right-click header or grid | Add an instrument, audio or return track · rename or delete one |
Piano roll
Section titled “Piano roll”| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| ←→ | Move notes by the grid |
| ↑↓ | Transpose by a semitone |
| ⇧↑ · ⇧↓ | Transpose by an octave |
| ⌘A | Select all notes |
| ⌘D | Duplicate the selection · replaces the notes it lands on |
| ⌘C · ⌘X · ⌘V | Copy / cut / paste notes |
| Delete | Delete the selected notes |
| Drag note edge | Change the note’s start or end |
| Drag velocity stem | Set velocity · selected notes move together · ⇧ adds a note |
| Drag in the Bend / Pres / Slide lane | Draw the selected note’s MPE curve · ⌥ draws a straight line · drag a point to move it |
| Double-click in an MPE lane | Add a point · on a point, delete it · right-click to clear the curve |
Play notes (computer keyboard)
Section titled “Play notes (computer keyboard)”| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| ASDFGHJK | White keys, from C4 |
| WE·TYU | Black keys (sharps) |
| Z/X | Shift octave down / up |
| C/V | Lower / raise velocity |
Browser · preview
Section titled “Browser · preview”| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| ↑↓ | Move through samples, presets and devices · with Auto on, each one plays as it is selected |
| Click play button | Play / stop the selected sample, preset or device |
| Click waveform | Play from that point |
| Click WAVE / SPEC | Switch the well between the waveform and a live spectrum |
| Scroll on the track button | Step through the demo tracks an effect preset is heard through |
| Double-click volume | Reset the preview volume to 0 dB |
Gamepad (macOS)
Section titled “Gamepad (macOS)”| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| Face buttons | Play C4 D4 E4 F4 |
| Shoulder buttons | Play G4 A4 B4 C5 |
| D-pad ↑ / ↓ | Shift the gamepad octave |
| D-pad ← / → | Lower / raise velocity |
| Any button | Mappable through MIDI Learn — a mapped button drives the control instead |
| Sticks · triggers | Mappable as continuous controls (a knob, a fader); they play no notes |
| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| Double-click clip | Open in the clip editor |
| Right-click the metronome | Count-in before Play / Record: off · 1 · 2 · 4 bars |
| Drag an audio clip’s ADSR handle | Shape attack · decay + sustain · release (top corners and the dot on hover) · double-click resets the stage |
| ⇧-click track header | Add the track to the selection · again to remove it |
| Right-click track headers | A multi-selection gets its own menu: group, colour, freeze, copy, duplicate, delete |
| Drag sections lane | Mark a new section over the dragged bars |
| Click section | Jump the playhead to its start |
| Double-click section | Rename it |
| Drag section · its edge | Move / resize it, snapped to bars |
| Drag overview strip | Drag sideways to scroll · up / down to zoom out / in |
| Drag overview edge | Zoom by resizing the viewport window |
| Double-click overview | Fit the whole project on screen |
| Drag a device header | Reorder devices (or right-click the header → Move left / right) |
| Right-click a device header | A / B compare, move, copy, delete, presets, save preset |
| Delete (device selected) | Remove the selected device — the header no longer carries a close button |
| Drag an audio clip onto an instrument track | Load its audio into the Sampler, Grain, Drum Rack (next free pad) or Instrument Rack · rest there to open its devices |
| Drag an audio clip out of the Arrangement | Take it as a sample: drop on a pad, a Grain, a Rhythm voice, a Session slot — the clip stays put |
| Drag clip + ⌥ | Position freely, ignoring the grid for this drag (the magnet in the transport latches the same thing) |
| Drag knob | Change a device value · hold ⌘ or ⇧ for fine steps |
| Double-click knob | Reset the value to its default |
| Double-click a slider’s value | Type a value (units like k, ms, dB, L / R work) · Return sets it, Esc cancels |
| Drag jack → jack | Patch a cable in Nota Consort · ⌥-click a jack to pull its cables |
| Click · ⇧ · ⌥ a Rhythm step | Step on / off · accent · quiet step — drag across to paint, up / down (or scroll) for its velocity |
| Click a Rhythm voice | Select and play it · drop a file on it to load a sample |