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9 Key shortcuts

First of all, note that it is possible to change the key shortcuts for menu items in the Keyboard Shortcuts section of the Keyboard & Mouse system preferences pane. This is an extremely useful feature that is often overlooked by people and works in every application on Mac OS X.

Here is a list of the key shortcuts that can be used in the main sound window of Amadeus Pro:

key action
[space bar] Starts sound playback
[command][space bar] Starts playback of the current track only
[tab key] Rewinds and then starts playback
[option][1]-[4] Stores the current zoom level into the corresponding register
[1]-[4] Sets the current zoom level the value stored in the corresponding register
[e] Previews the effect of deleting the current selection
[a] Extends the selection by one pixel to the left
[s] Shrinks the selection by one pixel at the left
[d] Shrinks the selection by one pixel at the right
[f] Extends the selection by one pixel to the right
[g] Toggles the display of the grid behind the waveform
[h] Toggles the display of the selection in the timescale
[n] Cycles the currently active track between all the tracks of the document
[m] Creates a marker at the insertion point
[r] Repairs the selection (select only a very short piece)
[t] Repairs the top channel of the selection (select only a very short piece)
[b] Repairs the bottom channel of the selection (select only a very short piece)
[p] Creates a marker at the playback head
[down arrow] Plays back half an octave lower
[up arrow] Plays back half an octave higher
[left arrow] Places the insertion point at the left end of the selection
[right arrow] Places the insertion point at the right end of the selection
[ [ ] Places the insertion point at the left end of the selection. If nothing is selected, moves the insertion point to the left by one pixel.
[ ] ] Places the insertion point at the right end of the selection. If nothing is selected, moves the insertion point to the right by one pixel.
[option][left arrow] Moves insertion point to the previous marker
[option][right arrow] Moves insertion point to the next marker
[command][left arrow] Extends the selection to the previous marker
[command][right arrow] Extends the selection to the next marker
[home] Jumps to the beginning of the sound
[end] Jumps to the end of the sound
[page up] Moves to the left by one screen
[page down] Moves to the right by one screen
[+] or [=] Zooms deeper into the sound
[–] Zooms out of the sound
[option][+] or [] Zooms vertically into the sound
[option][–] Zooms vertically out of the sound
[command-click] Places a marker at the clicked point
[shift-click] Extends / shrinks the selection to the clicked point
[double-click] Starts playing the current track from the clicked point

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Last updated on June 22, 2015

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