> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.gridshift.studio/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# I Want To…

> A task index: find what you want to do, grouped by job, and jump to the section that shows how.

## Start

* Make a whole track from scratch: [Your First Track](/get-started/first-track.md)
* Find a command by name: [Command Palette](/work-fast/command-palette.md#run-a-command)
* Find the Gridshift name for an Ableton, FL or Logic feature: [Coming from Another DAW](/get-started/coming-from-other-daws.md)

## Sounds and beats

* Find a kick and put it on a track: [Find Samples](/library/find-samples.md#find-a-kick-and-put-it-on-a-track)
* Find samples that sound alike: [Find Samples](/library/find-samples.md#find-similar-samples)
* Search samples by description: [Smart Search](/library/smart-search.md#search-by-description)
* Swap a sample while the song plays: [Sample Library](/library/sample-library.md#swap-a-sound-for-a-similar-one)
* Load an instrument: [Load Instruments and Effects](/sounds/load-instruments-and-effects.md#add-an-instrument-track-and-load-an-instrument)
* Swap instrument presets during playback: [Instrument Presets](/sounds/instrument-presets.md#load-or-swap-an-instrument-preset)
* Import Serum or Vital presets: [Import Presets](/sounds/import-presets.md#drop-presets-on-the-arrangement)
* Stamp a MIDI pattern onto a track: [Patterns](/sounds/patterns.md#place-a-pattern)
* Add an arpeggiator or chord generator: [MIDI Effects](/sounds/midi-effects.md#add-a-midi-effect)
* Play a sample across the keys: [Sampler](/samples/sampler.md#play-a-sample-across-the-keys)
* Chop a loop into slices: [Slices](/samples/slices.md#split-a-clip-at-its-transients)

## Record

* Record notes live: [Record MIDI](/record/record-midi.md#record-live)
* Enter notes step by step: [Step Entry](/record/step-entry.md#enter-notes-step-by-step)
* Keep what I just played without recording: [MIDI Capture](/record/midi-capture.md#commit-a-capture)
* Play from the computer keyboard: [Play with the Keyboard](/work-fast/play-with-the-keyboard.md#play-from-the-computer-keyboard)
* Record a microphone or guitar: [Record Audio](/record/record-audio.md#record-from-an-input)
* Count in before recording: [Metronome](/record/metronome.md#count-in-before-recording)
* Record the sound of another app: [App Audio Capture](/record/app-audio-capture.md#capture-audio-from-an-app)

## Edit

* Open a clip to edit its notes: [Focus Mode](/edit/focus-mode.md#open-a-clip-in-focus-mode)
* Draw, move and resize notes: [Piano Roll](/edit/piano-roll.md#draw-and-delete-notes)
* Keep notes in the key: [Pitch Snap](/edit/pitch-snap.md#keep-notes-in-the-scale)
* Draw velocities: [Dynamics Mode](/edit/dynamics-mode.md#draw-velocities-in-the-piano-roll)
* Split a song into stems: [Stems](/samples/stems.md#split-a-clip-into-stem-tracks)
* Turn audio into MIDI: [Audio to MIDI](/samples/audio-to-midi.md#convert-audio-to-midi)
* Make a reverse reverb swell: [Reverse Reverb](/samples/reverse-reverb.md#create-a-swell)

## Timing

* Quantize notes: [Quantize](/timing/quantize.md#quantize-midi-notes)
* Add swing: [Groove](/timing/groove.md#set-the-project-groove)
* Stretch a loop to the project tempo: [Time Stretching](/timing/time-stretching.md#follow-the-project-tempo)
* Fix a sample detected at half or double tempo: [Tempo and Beat Grid](/samples/tempo-and-beat-grid.md#fix-a-tempo-detected-at-half-or-double-speed)

## Arrange

* Add tracks: [Tracks](/tracks/tracks.md#add-tracks)
* Group tracks: [Groups](/tracks/groups.md#group-tracks)
* Duplicate clips that stay in sync: [Linked Clips](/arrange/linked-clips.md#create-linked-clips)
* Loop a section: [Loop and Locators](/arrange/loop-and-locators.md#loop-a-section)
* Mark song sections: [Loop and Locators](/arrange/loop-and-locators.md#add-a-locator)
* Change the tempo or key: [Tempo, Key and Time Signature](/projects/tempo-key-meter.md#set-the-tempo)

## Mix and export

* Make the low end mono: [Track Mix](/mix/track-mix.md#make-the-low-end-mono)
* Clip or limit a track: [Track Mix](/mix/track-mix.md#clip-or-limit-the-output)
* Share one reverb between tracks: [Sends and Returns](/mix/sends-and-returns.md#send-a-track-to-a-return)
* Duck the bass under the kick: [Ducking](/mix/ducking.md#duck-a-track-under-the-kick)
* Feed a plugin's sidechain: [Sidechain](/mix/sidechain.md#set-up-a-sidechain)
* Automate a parameter: [Automation](/mix/automation.md#create-an-automation-lane)
* Export the song as WAV: [Bounce and Export](/mix/bounce-and-export.md#export-the-project)
* Freeze a track to audio: [Bounce and Export](/mix/bounce-and-export.md#flatten-a-track)

## Projects and library

* Save a version and compare it by ear: [Versions](/projects/versions.md#save-a-version)
* Leave a comment on the song: [Comments](/projects/comments.md#add-a-comment)
* Start every project from my template: [Default Project](/projects/default-project.md#save-your-setup-as-the-default)
* Sort samples into collections: [Organize Samples](/library/organize-samples.md#file-into-collections-tag-and-favorite)

## Set up

* Lower the latency while I play: [Settings](/work-fast/settings.md#lower-the-latency-while-you-play)
* Give a command its own key: [Custom Shortcuts](/work-fast/custom-shortcuts.md#give-a-command-its-own-shortcut)
* Map a knob to a parameter (MIDI Learn): [MIDI Bindings](/controllers/midi-bindings.md#bind-a-knob-to-a-parameter)
* Switch between speakers and headphones: [Monitor Profiles](/mix/monitor-profiles.md#switch-outputs)
* Sync projects to iCloud: [iCloud](/sync/icloud.md#sync-your-projects)
* Connect Claude or ChatGPT: [Install](/assistants/install.md#connect-claude)

## Fix a problem

* Hear nothing: [No Sound](/troubleshooting/no-sound.md)
* Hear a delay while playing: [Latency While Playing](/troubleshooting/latency-while-playing.md)
* Hear gaps after stretching: [Gaps After Stretching](/troubleshooting/gaps-after-stretching.md)
* Get more than one pass from a capture: [Capture Keeps One Pass](/troubleshooting/capture-keeps-one-pass.md)
* Load a plugin that won't load: [Plugin Won't Load](/troubleshooting/plugin-wont-load.md)
* Find missing samples: [Missing Samples](/troubleshooting/missing-samples.md)
* Know what does not sync: [What Doesn't Sync](/troubleshooting/what-doesnt-sync.md)
* Know what assistants can't do: [What Assistants Can't Do](/troubleshooting/what-assistants-cant-do.md)


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