Focus Mode Shortcuts

Entry and exit

Action	Shortcut
Enter Focus Mode	`⌥↓` or double-click
Exit Focus Mode (closes an open clip picker first)	`Esc` or `⌥↑`
Focus Next / Previous Clip	`Tab` / `⇧Tab`
Automation clip: Draw by hand / Shape with an LFO	`⌘1` / `⌘2`

⌘1 and ⌘2 are the Tracks and Project tabs everywhere else; they switch mode only while an Automation clip is open. MIDI and audio clips leave them alone.

Piano roll: keyboard

Action	Shortcut
Delete Notes	`⌫`
Duplicate Notes (or stamp the marked region onto the next one)	`⌘D`
Select All Notes	`⌘A`
Mark the Whole Chord (again for the next one)	`⇧⌘A`
Copy / Cut	`⌘C` / `⌘X`
Paste (at the clip start, offsets kept)	`⌘V`
Split at the marked region’s edges	`⌘E`
Set note velocity	`1` – `0` (Musical Typing)

Piano roll: arrows

Modifier	← / →	↑ / ↓
(none)	Move the marked notes one grid division, or the cursor	Transpose the marked notes one Pitch Snap step, or move the cursor a pitch row
`⌥`	The same step, finer; zoom when nothing is marked	Also a semitone; with nothing marked, `⌥↑` / `⌥↓` leave and enter Focus Mode
`Fn`	Move the marked notes a bar, or the cursor four grid steps	Transpose the marked notes an octave (`±12`, clamped to 0–127); with nothing marked, the keyboard octave
`⇧`	Extend the marquee	Extend the marquee
`⌘`	Select next / previous note (by start time)	Select the note with higher / lower pitch
`⇧⌘`	Add a note to the selection	Add a note to the selection
`⌃⌘`	Change the length of the selected notes (`⌥` fine). A marquee alone is not enough	(none)

Piano roll: mouse

Action	Result
Click empty area	Set the cursor, start a marquee
Drag empty area	Mark a region (snaps to grid and rows)
`⇧`-drag empty area	Free selection box: marks every note it covers, even in part
`⌘`-click / `⌘`-drag empty area	Create a note / create one and set its length
Click a note / `⇧`-click	Select / add or remove
Drag a note / its edge	Move / change length (snaps to grid, transients and other notes)
Double-click or right-click a note	Delete it
Right-click and drag	Eraser

Automation curves

Action	Shortcut
Select next / previous point (crosses clip boundaries)	`⌘→` / `⌘←`
Move the cursor, or the selected point, 1 grid / 1/32 of the value	`←` `→` / `↑` `↓`
The same, fine (vertical 1/64)	`⌥←` `⌥→` / `⌥↑` `⌥↓`
Move the selected point by a bar	`Fn←` / `Fn→`
Extend the marquee	`⇧⌘←/→`, `⇧⌘↑/↓` (`⌥⇧⌘←/→` fine)
Delete selected points	`⌫`
Hand the arrows back to the cursor / exit	`Esc`
Step record (record on, transport stopped)	`1` – `9` = 10 %–90 %, `0` = 100 %

Mouse	Result
Double-click or `⌘`-click empty area	Create a point
Click / `⇧`-click a point	Select / add or remove
Double-click or `⌥`-click a point	Delete it
Right-click a point	Curve-type menu
Drag / `⌥`-drag a point	Move with snap / without snap

Points snap to the grid horizontally and to 32 steps vertically (0 %, 3.125 %, … 100 %). ⌃ does nothing here: a point has no length. More on curves: Automation Clips. Slices of an audio clip play from the letter keys; the key map is on Musical Typing. The step-record numbers, the velocity numbers, slice keys and the Sample Editor’s marker nudge (⌘← / ⌘→, ⌥ for one sample) cannot be rebound: they are handled outside the command system. Next: Musical Typing

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Keyboard Shortcuts

Focus Mode Shortcuts

Entry and exit

Piano roll: keyboard

Piano roll: arrows

Piano roll: mouse

Automation curves

​Entry and exit

​Piano roll: keyboard

​Piano roll: arrows

​Piano roll: mouse

​Automation curves

Entry and exit

Piano roll: keyboard

Piano roll: arrows

Piano roll: mouse

Automation curves