| sound editor upper half |
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| ctrl+drag | for dragging a sound into a parameter field without creating a new instance |
| ctrl+[ | zoom out (icons become smaller) |
| ctrl+] | zoom in (icons become bigger) |
| return, enter | with icon selected, opens rename dialog |
| ctrl+click | on ellipse (hidden branch) fully opens branch |
| double click | on ellipse (hidden branch) fully opens branch (same as above) |
| shift+click+drag | an icon moves the entire branch |
| ctrl+space | play selected icon |
| ctrl+P | compile, load and start selected icon |
| sound editor lower half |
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| double click | in gray zone between parameterfields -> editor window fills with parameter area, double click again for normal view |
| ctrl+click | on audio file disk icon to open the sample editor with the current file |
| ctrl+click | on spectrum file disk icon to open the spectrum editor with the current file |
| shift+click | any file disk icon to open the info window on that file |
| sound editor parameter fields (click in field) |
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| ctrl+L | opens large parameter window |
| ctrl+space | to play sound while editing the parameter field |
| ctrl+Y | evaluates selected expression in the parameter field |
| ctrl+H | opens pop-up list of common event value names |
| ctrl+J | opens replace dialog |
| shift+ctrl+H | opens a list of capytalk expressions |
| time line |
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| space | toggle between play/continue and pause |
| ctrl+space | recompile and play timeline (also resets timeline to "normal" play mode) |
| ctrl+right arrow | play/continue (unlike spacebar this will never pause) (this followed by space guarentees a pause) |
| ctrl+left arrow | stop and reset cursor to start of timeline (this is handy if you want to compile a timeline that doesn't play untill your ready) |
| shift+space | plays timeline in "marked only" mode |
| ctrl+click | on speaker icon to mute/unmute track |
| shift+click | on speaker icon to solo/unsolo additional tracks |
| ctrl+shift+click | on speaker icon to mute/unmute additional tracks |
| shift+click | on sound to add it to selection |
| ctrl+click | on sound, marks the sound (unmarks other sounds) |
| ctrl+drag | enables selection box to mark multiple sounds |
| shift+ctrl+click | on additional sounds, marks/unmarks the sound |
| ctrl+drag | a sound onto a sound in the timeline to replace that sounds input |
| tab | forwards through the selected sound info displays |
| shift+tab | reverses through the selected sound info displays |
| left/right arrow | nudges selected sound left or right |
| shift+left/right arrow | nudges selected sound in smallest quantization increments |
| ctrl+D | duplicates selected sound to new track (does not copy control functions) |
| - (minus) | removes last effect placed on selected sound |
| ctrl+[ | zoom out horizontal |
| ctrl+] | zoom in horizontal |
| Program Change (MIDI) | moves cursor to respective marker number |
| Program Change 126 (MIDI) | selects next marker |
| Program Change 127 (MIDI) | selects previous marker |
| Program Change 128 (MIDI) | selects random marker |
| tau editor |
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| = (equals) . (period) | position play cursor at mouse cursor location |
| ctrl+click | add anchor |
| delete | deletes selected anchor or selected group(s) of anchors |
| space | toggles play/continue and pause |
| shift+click+drag | in the anchor strip to subsequently select another group of anchor points |
| g | group selected contiguous anchors |
| shift+g | ungroup selected anchors |
| up/down arrow | increments/decrements the warp value (denoted by the vertical axis) of the selected anchor or group |
| left/right arrow | increments/decrements the time warp value of the selected anchor or group |
| tab | selects next file tab |
| shift+tab | selects previous file tab |
| ctrl+left arrow | rewind-to-time-zero |
| spectrum editor |
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| ctrl+click+drag | activates zoom selection box |
| ctrl+] | zoom in |
| ctrl+[ | zoom out |
| shift+click | to add/remove a trace from the selection |
| shift+click+drag | to add/remove an additional boxed region to/from the selection |
| shift+click+drag | on scrub bar to scrub faster |
| shift+click | to add point when using hand trace |
| left/right arrow | increment/decrement time cursor |
| F1 | play all tracks |
| F2 | play selected regions only |
| F3 | play segment between the start and end markers |
| F4 | play up to the start marker |
| F5 | drop marker |
| F6 | drop start marker |
| F7 | drop end marker |
| F8 | opens the pre and post roll time dialog |
| F9 | zoom all |
| F10 | toggles frequency or amplitude as the vertical axis |
| F11 | toggles dots at frame or lines between frames |
| F12 | opens selection criteria dialog |
| F13 | opens track filter algorithm selection dialog |
| F14 | delete all frames between the start and end markers |
| F15 | toggles draw mode |
| shift+click+drag | the cursor to scrub faster |
| left/right arrow | move cursor left/right by one frame |
| Pitch Bend (MIDI) | scrub |
| | note: some higher function keys may not be available if globally assigned in your OS |
| spectral analysis (remove pitched material) |
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| shift+click+drag | on the fader for fine-tuning |
| synchronizing spectra |
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| ctrl+click+drag | for zoom box |
| M | to drop marker at cursor (scrub bar) location |
| Enter | if marker selected, opens rename marker dialog |
| Enter | if no marker selected, zooms all |
| A | places markers automatically |
| S | saves markers to the spectrum file in the active view |
| Tab | switches active view between spectrum files |
| Del | deletes selected marker |
| Pitch Bend (MIDI) | scrubs active view |
| VCS performing |
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| ctrl+snapshot | does an update of the currently selected snapshot preset without having to type a preset name (keeps same preset name) |
| ctrl+select snapshot | shows the whole snapshot list with pointer on the first item |
| shift+click+drag | on the fader for fine-tuning |
| R | roll the dice |
| up/down arrow | decrement/increment preset |
| shift+up/down arrow | decrement/increment layout |
| Program Change 126 (MIDI) | decrements preset |
| Program Change 127 (MIDI) | increments preset |
| Program Change 128 (MIDI) | roll the dice |
| ctrl+click OR right-click on widget | change control mapping or widget type |
| Master Volume SysEx | control master output level |
| VCS editing |
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| click | on widget, select for editing |
| double click | on widget, select for editing and brings edit window to front |
| shift+click | on widgets to extend your selection |
| ctrl+click+drag | selection box |
| VCS motormix |
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| shift+alt/fine | toggles fine tuning (maps 1/10th of the parameter range to the full fader throw) |
| rightmost rotary | to change presets, push in to instantiate |
| select | roll the dice |
| fx byps | changes rightmost rotary to master volume control, defeat this in preferences, system output level |
| 1-8 | toggles display of the associated faders value |
