Keyboard Shortcuts

Everything below is the default mapping. You can remap any shortcut from Settings > Preferences > Shortcuts, on the Keyboard tab, and reset to defaults at any time. Mouse and trackpad gestures are remappable on the Gestures tab of the same page — see Mouse & Trackpad Gestures. Your changes are saved between sessions.

Transport

Shortcut	Action
Space	Play / Stop
R	Record
Home	Return to start

Editing

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+Z / Cmd+Z	Undo
Ctrl+Shift+Z / Cmd+Shift+Z	Redo
Ctrl+X / Cmd+X	Cut
Ctrl+C / Cmd+C	Copy
Ctrl+V / Cmd+V	Paste
Ctrl+D / Cmd+D	Duplicate clips or track
Ctrl+Shift+D / Cmd+Shift+D	Duplicate track (without content)
Ctrl+A / Cmd+A	Select all
Del / Backspace	Delete selected clips or track
Ctrl+E / Cmd+E	Split / trim at cursor or selection
Ctrl+J / Cmd+J	Join clips
Ctrl+B / Cmd+B	Render clip to audio
Ctrl+Shift+B / Cmd+Shift+B	Render time selection

Mouse Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Cmd + click (Ctrl + click on Windows/Linux)	Toggle arrangement clip selection
Shift+Ctrl + click	Erase arrangement clip under cursor

Mouse & Trackpad Gestures

Wheel and trackpad gestures are context-aware and remappable from Settings > Preferences > Shortcuts > Gestures. The defaults (use Ctrl for Cmd on Windows/Linux):

Gesture	Action
Wheel	Scroll vertically
Shift + wheel	Scroll horizontally
Cmd + wheel	Zoom horizontally toward the cursor
Alt + wheel	Adjust track height (arrangement)
Trackpad horizontal swipe	Scroll horizontally

In the piano roll, Alt + wheel changes note-row height. In the drum grid, Alt + wheel changes row height and Cmd + wheel zooms the timebase.

Tracks

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+T / Cmd+T	Add new track
M	Toggle mute on selected track
Shift+S	Toggle solo on selected track

Navigation

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl++ / Cmd++	Zoom in
Ctrl+- / Cmd+-	Zoom out
Ctrl+Shift+L / Cmd+Shift+L	Set loop from clip bounds

File

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+S / Cmd+S	Save
Ctrl+Shift+S / Cmd+Shift+S	Save as

Other

Shortcut	Action
Esc	Exit link mode / clear edit cursor