Keyboard shortcuts

These are the default keys, shown for your computer. Every key that runs a command can be changed; the arrows in the note editor and the keys held while dragging stay as they are. Keys are matched by their position, so they stay in the same place in every keyboard layout.

Every command is also in the command palette (Ctrl+K), which shows its shortcut next to it, and hovering over a control shows its shortcut too. Both always show your own keys, not the defaults.

Transport

Action	Keys
Play / stop	Space
Return to start	Home
Loop on or off	L
Metronome on or off	M
Loop the selected clips (desktop app)	Shift+L
Add a marker at the cursor (desktop app)	Shift+M
Previous marker, next marker (desktop app)	, .

Editing

Action	Keys
Undo	Ctrl+Z
Redo	Ctrl+Shift+Z, also Ctrl+Y
Delete the selected clips or notes	Backspace
Copy the selected clips or notes	Ctrl+C
Cut the selected clips or notes	Ctrl+X
Paste at the cursor	Ctrl+V
Select all clips, or all notes in the note editor	Ctrl+A
Deselect all	none: from the palette, or Esc
Duplicate the selected clips	Ctrl+D
Split clips at the cursor	E
Quantize notes	Q
Transpose selected notes	↑ ↓, with Shift by an octave

Project

Action	Keys
Save the project as a file	Ctrl+S
Open a project file	Ctrl+O
New project	Ctrl+Alt+N
Export the mix	none: from the palette or the menu

In the desktop app Ctrl+S saves the project to its folder, Ctrl+O lists the projects on this computer, and there is one more key:

Action	Keys
Close the project and return to the start screen	Ctrl+W

Tracks

Action	Keys
Add a synth track	Shift+T
Add an audio track	Alt+Shift+T
Add any other kind of track	none: from the + menu or the palette
Duplicate the selected track (desktop app)	Ctrl+Shift+D

Not Ctrl+T: the browser keeps it for a new tab, and the studio would never see it.

View

Action	Keys
Command palette	Ctrl+K
Show or hide the browser	Ctrl+B
Show or hide the inspector	Ctrl+I
Show or hide the editor panel	none: from the palette, or push its divider down past the edge
Keyboard shortcuts	none: from the palette or the menu
Settings	Ctrl+,
Musical typing on or off	K

While dragging

Hold	Effect
Ctrl	Ignore the grid
Alt (when starting the drag)	Move a copy, leave the original
Shift on a knob or fader	Fine steps
Esc	Cancel the drag, as if it never happened

The status bar shows what each of these keys would do while you drag.

Knobs, faders and number fields

Action	Effect
Double-click	Type an exact value, Enter to confirm
Ctrl-click	Reset to the default
↑ ↓ (or ← →) on a focused control	Small step; with Shift, a fine step
Page Up Page Down	Big step
Home End	Minimum, maximum

Changing shortcuts

Open Keyboard shortcuts… from the project menu behind the Flesance mark at the left of the transport bar, or from the command palette. It lists every command with its keys.

• Change: click a command’s keys, then press the new combination, for example Ctrl+Shift+S. Esc stops without changing anything.
• Taken keys: if another command already uses the combination, the dialog says which one and asks. Use it here moves the keys to the new command and leaves the other without a shortcut; Keep it there changes nothing. One combination never runs two commands.
• Remove: the cross next to a shortcut leaves the command without one. It stays in the palette.
• Reset: the arrow next to a changed shortcut brings its default back. If another command has taken that default in the meantime, it keeps it, and the reset command stays without a key. Reset all returns every command to its default.

Esc and Tab cannot be shortcuts: Esc cancels drags and closes menus, and Tab moves between controls and is the sustain pedal in musical typing. While musical typing is on, letter keys play notes, so a command on a single letter works only while it is off.

Changes apply at once, everywhere: the keys themselves, tooltips, the palette and the hints at the bottom of the screen. They are saved in this browser, or on this computer in the desktop app, so another browser or computer starts with the defaults.