Keyboard & MIDI
Every shortcut, and what can be bound to a controller.
Press ⌘/ for this list in the app. Everything below is remappable in Settings → Shortcuts & MIDI, and most of it can be bound to a MIDI controller as well — useful when your hands are on an instrument.
Performance
| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| Letter rows (40 keys) | Trigger pads |
| Shift + mapped key | Trigger note repeat |
| Space | Play the selected clip |
| Enter | Open Rewind capture |
| Shift+Enter | Arm or stop Perform |
| PgDn | Start the free looper, or press it during a session |
| Shift+PgDn | Start or cancel a bar-aligned (clock) loop take — needs a project tempo |
| PgUp | Discard the previous take and record it again |
| Esc | Stop playback, or cancel the active flow |
| Esc ×2 | Stop looping voices |
| Esc ×3 | Reset the rewind buffer |
| Delete | Move the selected clip to Trash |
| ⌘B | Show or hide the clips panel |
| ⌘/ | Open the shortcuts overlay |
Shift+Delete also moves the selected clip to Trash, without needing an active selection first.
Live looper
Inside a looper session, Enter becomes the single press — the same gesture a footswitch sends.
| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| Enter | Mark the base loop, arm the next pass, or cancel an armed overdub |
| Shift+Enter | End the session at the next boundary and open it in the capture editor |
These have no default key and are meant for a controller (or voice):
| MIDI-bindable | Action |
|---|---|
| Overdub toggle | Arm or disarm free-looper overdub |
| Return previous | Keep the loop cycle that just went by (Flashback) |
| Undo pass | Discard the pass in flight, or undo the last committed layer |
| End session | End the session at the next boundary |
| Double / halve | Change the loop length (halve is available after doubling) |
Song Board
All four are MIDI-bindable app controls, not pad mappings — a sample pad never changes meaning when the board opens.
| MIDI-bindable | Action |
|---|---|
| Next Section | Cue the next Section, or the next Roadmap step |
| Previous Section | Cue the previous Section |
| Cancel cue | Cancel the queued Section change |
| Focus / Rehearse | Switch between the two modes |
Chop editor
Marker gestures on the waveform:
| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| Space | Preview the selected chop or range |
| Enter | Apply the current tool (in Trim: save the trim / create the clip) |
| Shift+click | Add a marker |
| Alt+click | Delete a marker |
| [ / ] | Nudge the selected marker |
| Shift+[ / ] | Move every marker in scope together |
| Alt+[ / ] | Fine step (10 ms), with or without Shift |
| ⌘Z | Undo marker edits |
| ⌘F | Freeze / unfreeze markers in the selection |
| ⌘A / ⌘⇧A | Select the whole range / clear the selection |
| Esc | Clear the tool selection, then back out |
| + | Focus the waveform, then zoom in |
| - | Zoom out of the focused waveform |
| PgUp / PgDn | Pan the focused waveform |
Working with the chops themselves, in the list or the Video Keyboard:
| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| Arrow keys | Move the selection |
| Delete | Delete the selected chop |
| / | Star the selected chop |
| Esc | Return to video selection |
In Trim there are no markers, so the brackets move whichever endpoint is selected and \ swaps which endpoint they aim at.
In Draft mode, Enter keeps the chop you just played and Delete passes on it.
Capture editor
| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| Space | Play or pause the preview |
| Shift+Space | Audition the loop seam |
| Option+← / → | Step the loop end to a material boundary |
| Shift+Option+← / → | Step the loop start |
| [ / ] | Nudge the selected triggers |
| Delete | Delete the selected triggers |
| ⌘D | Duplicate the selected triggers |
| ⌘Z / ⌘⇧Z | Undo / redo |
| Space or Enter | Play a focused created-clip card |
| Esc | Stop the preview; press twice to close |
Selected clip
| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| Shift+/ | Open the clip editor |
| Shift+, | Cycle the clip’s stem |
| Shift+\ | Start quick crop |
| Space | Play or pause the edit preview |
| Space | Tap a quick-crop boundary |
| Enter | Save the quick crop |
| ? | Star the selected clip (clip list) |
MIDI
Plug in a class-compliant controller and pads map to notes. Knobs and buttons bind to app controls through Settings → Shortcuts & MIDI, where you can also choose a preferred device or listen on all devices and channels.
Keyboard and MIDI placements are independent, so one chop can hold both. See the pad mapper for placing them.