Keyboard Shortcuts

A quick-reference guide to every global shortcut in Audiocube. Device-specific gestures (e.g., Sampler play, Emitter emit) are documented in their individual chapters.

For direct info to keyboard shortcuts in the app, type "shortcuts" into the terminal.

Application & Project

Keys	Action
Ctrl / ⌘ + N	New Project
Ctrl / ⌘ + O	Open Project window
Ctrl / ⌘ + S	Save (current project)
Ctrl / ⌘ + Shift + S	Save As…
Ctrl / ⌘ + ,	Open Settings
Shift + Q	Panic – stop all audio

UI Panels

Keys	Toggle
Tab	Mixer
F1	Browser / Library
F2	Timeline Sequencer
F3	Acoustic Settings
F4	Edit Panel (Device Editor)
Ctrl / ⌘ + R	Recorder panel
Alt + V	Acoustic Visualiser overlay
Esc	Close all floating windows
Ctrl + E	Open the Audio Range Editor

Device Creation

Keys	Spawn Device (at cursor)
Alt + Shift + S	Sampler
Alt + Shift + E	Emitter
Alt + Shift + B	Logic Box
Alt + Shift + T	Ticker
Alt + Shift + W	Sound-wall
Alt + Shift + F	Effect Zone
Alt + Shift + A	Ambience (beta)

Terminal & UI Scaling

Keys	Action
~ (tilde) or /	Show / hide Terminal
Ctrl / ⌘ + Shift + ▲ / ▼	Resize Terminal panel
Ctrl / ⌘ + Minus / Equals	UI scale ↓ / ↑
Ctrl / ⌘ + T	Cycle colour themes

Transport & Editing

Keys	Action
Ctrl / ⌘ + Space	Timeline Play / Pause
Ctrl / ⌘ + Z / Y	Undo / Redo
Ctrl / ⌘ + E	Toggle Audio Range editor

Selection & Device Gestures

Keys	Function
Shift + Drag	Marquee-select multiple devices
Ctrl / ⌘ + A	Select all devices
Shift + Space	Play selected devices
Shift + C	Clone selected devices
Shift + Del / Backspace	Delete selected devices
Ctrl / ⌘ + F	Frame camera on selection
Left-click + Drag	Move device
C + Click	Clone (drag to place)
Backspace + Click	Delete (no undo)
Right-click / Double-click	Open / close device UI

Camera Navigation

Keys / Mouse	Action
W A S D / Arrow keys	Pan (forwards, left, etc.)
Mouse Wheel • F / R	Zoom in / Zoom out
Q / E	Rotate left / right
Middle-drag	Pan with mouse
(None) + Mouse-drag	Orbit / free rotate

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