Keyboard and mouse shortcuts

This page collects ScratchCraft’s keyboard shortcuts and mouse gestures in one place. Most controls also explain their gestures in a tooltip when you hover over them.

Keyboard shortcuts work when the ScratchCraft window has keyboard focus. In a DAW, click inside the plugin window first; some hosts pass keys to their own shortcuts otherwise.

Anywhere

Shortcut	What it does
Ctrl+M	Open or close the mixer drawer.
Ctrl+S	Save the current session state to its file, or open the Sessions window to name it if it has none.
Right-click a control	MIDI menu: MIDI Learn, Edit Mapping…, Clear MIDI Mapping.
Esc	Leave MIDI Learn mode, or close the open window (Feel, Sessions, sample library, About, Diagnostics).
Double-click a knob or slider	Reset it to its default. Works in the Feel window, the Effects tab, the mixer drawer, the pad inspector and on the crossfader.
Arrow keys on a selector switch	Step through its choices (when the switch has keyboard focus).

Waveforms and markers

These work on the deck strips’ waveforms and on the pad inspector’s waveform.

Shortcut	What it does
Click the waveform	Set the cue point there.
Drag the waveform or a marker	Move the cue (or that marker).
Shift while dragging	Fine drag (ten times finer).
Ctrl while dragging	Turn off snapping to the beat grid, transients and zero crossings.
Mouse wheel	Zoom in and out around the mouse.
Shift+wheel	Scroll along the waveform.
+ / -	Zoom in / out.
0	Show the whole sample.
← / →	Nudge the selected marker by one pixel (Shift: a tenth of that). Click a marker first to select it.
Double-click a marker	Type a time, such as 1.5, 250 ms or 1:02.5.
Alt+double-click a marker	Reset it to the start or end of the sample.

Deck strip pills

Control	Shortcut	What it does
Key pill	Drag up or down, or mouse wheel	Change the Key in semitones. Hold Shift for cents.
	Click	Open the Key menu, including Sample key.
	Double-click	Reset to 0.
Pan pill	Drag sideways, or mouse wheel	Pan the deck. Hold Shift for finer steps.
	Double-click	Centre.
BPM pill	Click	Open the tempo menu.
	Double-click	Type a BPM (Enter to set, Esc to cancel).
Tap tempo	Space	Tap in time with the sample. A two-second pause starts over.
	Enter	Use the tapped tempo.

Standalone transport

Shortcut	What it does
Drag the tempo up or down	Change it in whole BPM steps.
Alt+drag the tempo	Fine steps (0.01 BPM).
Double-click the tempo	Type a value (Enter or click away to set, Esc to cancel).
Drag the time signature	Change the beats per bar.
Right-click the time signature	Presets and the beat value.
Click the readout’s lamp	Play or stop.

Mix tab (Freestyle)

Shortcut	What it does
Hold Z	Open deck A.
Hold /	Open deck B (hold both keys to open both).
Hold X	Cut both decks.
Drag a platter	Move the record; let go and the slipmat pulls it back to the motor’s speed.
Double-click the crossfader	Centre it.

While a fader key is held it replaces the crossfader, so you can scratch with the mouse and cut with the keyboard. See Fader keys.

Rack

Shortcut	What it does
Click a pad	Play it. Clicking nearer the edge plays it softer.
Alt+click a pad	Select it for editing without playing it.
Enter or Space	Play the pad that has keyboard focus.
Drag a pad onto another	Swap them. Hover over the other bank’s button to switch banks while dragging.
Ctrl+drag a pad	Copy it onto the other pad instead.
Right-click a pad	Learn Note: play a note to set the pad’s note.
Envelope: drag a point	Shape the envelope. Hold Alt for a fine drag.
Envelope: double-click a point	Reset it.

Shape editor

Shortcut	What it does
Double-click	Add a node, or remove the node under the mouse.
Drag a node	Move it. It snaps to the grid and the deck’s markers.
Alt while dragging or double-clicking	Place freely, without snapping.
Right-click a node	Choose its curve or fader level, or delete it.
Right-click a lane	Add node here or Clear lane.
Delete or Backspace	Delete the selected node.
Ctrl+Z	Undo.
Ctrl+Y or Ctrl+Shift+Z	Redo.

Sessions window

Shortcut	What it does
Double-click a file, or Enter	Load the selected session file.
Delete	Move the selected session file to the Recycle Bin (asks first).
Double-click a slot	Recall it.
Right-click a file or slot	More options, including partial loads and MIDI Learn Recall….

MIDI Map window

Shortcut	What it does
Delete	Remove the selected mapping.