General Shortcuts
| ctrl-1 |
brings the score tab into focus |
| ctrl-2 |
brings the orchestra tab into focus |
| ctrl-3 |
brings the tables tab into focus |
| ctrl-4 |
brings the globals tab into focus |
| ctrl-5 |
brings the project properties tab into focus |
| ctrl-6 |
brings the soundfile tab into focus |
| alt-right |
brings the next manager tab into focus |
| alt-left |
brings the previous manager tab into focus |
| F9 |
start/stop a render (equivalent to pressing the render/stop button) |
| ctrl-g |
generate a CSD file |
| ctrl-shift-g |
generate a CSD to screen (for previewing) |
| ctrl-o |
open a work file |
| ctrl-s |
save work file (must use “Save as” from file menu if a new work file) |
| ctrl-w |
close the current work file |
| alt-F4 |
close Blue |
Rendering
| F9 |
Render project using project’s real-time render options |
| shift-F9 |
Render to Disk and Play using project’s disk render options and playing with Blue’s builtin sound file player |
| ctrl-shift-F9 |
Render to Disk using project’s disk render options |
| spacebar |
Render project using project’s real-time render options when Score is in focus |
Score Timeline
| spacebar |
Render project using the project’s real-time render options |
| 1 |
Switch to Score mode |
| 2 |
Switch to Single Line mode |
| 3 |
Switch to Multi Line mode |
| alt-s |
Toggle snap on or off |
| g |
Scroll the score view to the render start time |
| y |
Scroll the score view to the render end time |
| [ |
Move render start time to the previous marker or project start |
| ] |
Move render start time to the next marker or project end |
| ctrl-c |
Copy selected score objects |
| ctrl-x |
Cut selected score objects |
| ctrl-z |
Undo |
| ctrl-shift-z |
Redo |
| delete / backspace |
Remove selected score objects |
| ctrl-d |
Duplicate selected score objects and place the copies immediately after the originals |
| ctrl-r |
Repeat selected score objects by entering a repeat count |
| ctrl-click |
Paste copied score objects at the clicked time |
| shift-click |
Add or remove a score object from the current selection |
| ctrl-t |
Open the Quick Time dialog for the selected score object |
| f3 |
Open the Sound Object Properties window |
| right click |
Open the context menu for the item under the pointer |
| left click + drag |
Create a marquee selection in Score mode |
| left |
Nudge selected score objects one pixel to the left |
| right |
Nudge selected score objects one pixel to the right |
| shift-left |
Nudge selected score objects ten pixels to the left |
| shift-right |
Nudge selected score objects ten pixels to the right |
| up |
Move selected score objects up one layer |
| down |
Move selected score objects down one layer |
| ctrl-left |
Decrease horizontal zoom |
| ctrl-right |
Increase horizontal zoom |
When a layer-header panel has focus, up and down move the layer selection within that panel, and shift-up / shift-down extend the selection.
Audio Layer Groups
| shift-alt-click |
Split the Audio Clip at the clicked point |
| alt-drag |
Move the audio content within the Audio Clip without moving the clip start |
Orchestra Manager
| ctrl-left click |
if on the column header of the instruments table, will enable/disable all instruments |
In a text box
| right click |
pops up a popup menu that contains entries for opcodes as well as user-defined entries from the code repository |
| ctrl-space |
brings up a dialog that shows all possible opcode matches for the current word being typed in (code completion) |
| shift-F1 |
if cursor is within a word that is an opcode, attempts to look up manual entry for that opcode |
| shift-F2 |
if cursor is within a word that is an opcode, attempts to find a manual example CSD for that opcode and if found opens a dialog showing the example |
| ctrl-; |
comment out line or selected lines (prepends “;” to every line) |
| ctrl-shift-; |
uncomment out line or selected lines (removes “;” at beginning of every line if found) |
Editing GenericScore, PythonObject, JavaScriptObject
| ctrl-T |
when the text area is focused, ctrl-T runs test on the soundObject (same as pressing the test button) |