Keyboard shortcuts

You can use the keyboard to navigate around the Step Sequencer interface and adjust settings. A focus rectangle indicates the step/control that is selected.

Action	Key
Open the Step Sequencer View	ALT+4
Insert a new row above the selected row	INSERT
Delete the active row	DELETE
Move focus to the previous control	LEFT ARROW
Move focus to the next control	RIGHT ARROW
When there are multiple strips, move focus to the same control on the previous row	UP ARROW
When there are multiple strips, move focus to the same control on the next row	DOWN ARROW
When focus is on a control in the steps pane, move focus to the strips pane	CTRL+LEFT ARROW
When focus is on a control in the strips pane, move focus to the steps pane	CTRL+RIGHT ARROW
When focus is either on the steps or strips pane, move focus to the toolbar	CTRL+UP ARROW
When focus is on the toolbar, move focus to the strips pane	CTRL+DOWN ARROW
When focus is on steps, toggle step or tie on/off; for buttons, turn on/off	ENTER
When focus is on a step, allow velocity adjustment	SHIFT+ENTER
For spinner controls, increase/decrease value; fine adjust for knobs	+ / - (PLUS and MINUS)
Coarse adjust for knobs	[ / ] (square brackets)
Toggles the Audition (Play) button for the view	CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR
When focus is on the steps pane, move focus to the next enabled note on the same row	TAB
When focus is on the steps pane, move focus to the previous enabled note on the same row	SHIFT+TAB
Shift the active row's steps by 1 step and wrap first step to the end	ALT+LEFT ARROW
Shift the active row's steps by 1 step and wrap the last step to the beginning	ALT+RIGHT ARROW
Load a pattern	CTRL+ALT+L
Save the current pattern	CTRL+ALT+S
Enable/disable MIDI step recording	ALT+R
Go to previous step when step recording	COMMA (,)
Go to next step when step recording	PERIOD (.)

 

Note: You can also use a mouse wheel to adjust the value of the control that has focus. When adjusting note velocities, hold down the SHIFT key for fine control. If a knob has focus, you can press ENTER or F2 and type the desired value in an edit box.

 

See:

Step sequencer interface

Working with rows

Working with steps

Working with Controller events

Working with patterns

Working with Step Sequencer clips

Keyboard shortcuts