Welcome to Building Blocks! To help you speed up your workflow and stay in the creative zone, here is a quick list of all the essential keyboard shortcuts you can use in the software:
- [Space bar] Play / Stop
- [Tab] Switch between shown / hidden
- [S] Submit a patch and go to the next patch
Mouse Edit Modes:
- [N] Note: Draw, select, or move individual notes on the grid.
- [E] Erase: Remove any notes you click on.
- [B] Brush: Quickly "paint" a continuous string of notes across the grid in a single swipe.
- [M] Multi: Select and edit multiple notes at the same time.
- [V] Velocity: Adjust how hard or loud an individual note is played.
- [X] Expression: Edit expression parameters of notes.
Transport (control bar in trainer/compose challenges):
- [Enter] : Rewind to start (Same as [R] - the “next” behaviour is commented out)
- [R] : Rewind to start.
- [L] : Toggle Loop.
- [A] : Toggle “restart on play” (PlayRestart).
Grid Editing (MIDI editor):
- [Delete/Backspace] : Delete selected notes.
- [Left Arrow/Right Arrow] : Scroll the grid left and right by jump.
- [1] : Zoom to 1 bar.
- [2] : Zoom to 2 bars. (ignore if the session is only 1 bar)
- [0] : Zoom to All.
- [F] : Set the loop range to the visible measures.
- [Cmd+C/Cmd+V (Mac) . Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V (Windows)] : Copy/Paste highlighted notes.