Preferences

Open the Preferences dialog from Settings > Preferences. The dialog has five tabs.

General

• Default zoom level — Initial horizontal zoom when opening a project
• Timeline units — Choose between bars/beats and time (minutes:seconds)

UI

• Panel visibility defaults — Choose which panels are shown on startup
• Behavior settings — Configure UI interaction preferences

Rendering

• Default format — Choose the default audio format for renders (WAV, AIFF, FLAC, OGG)
• Sample rate — Default sample rate for rendered files
• Bit depth — Default bit depth for rendered files

AI

• API key — Enter your API key to enable the AI Assistant

See AI Assistant for more on setting up and using the AI chat.

Shortcuts

• Keyboard shortcuts — View and customize all keyboard shortcuts
• Reset to defaults — Restore the default shortcut mappings

See Keyboard Shortcuts for the full default shortcut list.