Keyboard Shortcuts

Gridshift is keyboard-driven, with a consistent modifier hierarchy across contexts. These tables cover the shortcuts, grouped by where you use them.

Quick reference

Global

Transport, Files, Navigation

Timeline

Clips, Selection, Zoom

Focus Mode

Piano Roll, Audio Slices

Modifier key philosophy

Gridshift uses a consistent modifier hierarchy throughout the application. Once you learn these patterns, you can predict how shortcuts work across different contexts.

Modifier	Purpose
(none)	Move the selection — or the cursor, with nothing selected
⌥ Option	The same step, finer — or zoom, with nothing selected
Fn	The far step
⇧ Shift	Extend Marquee selection
⌘ Cmd	Object navigation (select clips, notes, points)
⇧⌘	Multi-selection (add to selection)
⌃⌘	Change length (timestretch a clip, resize a note)

Objects move on the bare arrow keys: whatever is selected is what the arrows step, and the cursor takes them back once nothing is.

Option = Fine ModeOption on its own is the fine step of whatever is selected — 1/8 grid instead of the full grid — and it stays the zoom while nothing is selected. It also makes marquee extension finer.

Most used shortcuts

Action	Shortcut
Play/Pause	`Space`
Toggle Recording	`⇪ Caps Lock`
Save	`⌘S`
Undo	`⌘Z`
Redo	`⇧⌘Z`
Split at Cursor	`⌘E`
Slice at Position	`⌘+Right-click`
Octave Transpose Selected Notes	`Fn↑` / `Fn↓` (Piano Roll)
Normalize Track Volume	`⌥N`
Toggle Info Bar	`?`
Delete Selection	`⌫`
Duplicate	`⌘D`
Select All	`⌘A`

Last modified on August 25, 2026

​Quick reference

Global

Timeline

Focus Mode

​Modifier key philosophy

​Most used shortcuts

Quick reference

Modifier key philosophy

Most used shortcuts