Keyboard Shortcuts

Skene has full keyboard support. On Mac these work out of the box; on iPad they require a connected hardware keyboard (Magic Keyboard or Bluetooth). On both platforms Cmd is the command/⌘ key.

Global

Action	Shortcut
Add node / item	A
Add controller view	+
Save	Cmd + S
Undo	Cmd + Z
Redo	Cmd + Shift + Z
Copy / Cut / Paste	Cmd + C / X / V
Delete selection	Delete
Toggle computer keyboard as MIDI	Cmd + M

Transport

Action	Shortcut
Play / pause	Space
Replay from start	Return
Record	R
Record from the beginning	Cmd + R
Metronome on / off	K

The metronome toggle keeps your per-mode settings: switching it off and back on restores the same recording / playback configuration. If both were off, it turns on the recording metronome.

Switching views

Action	Shortcut
Arranger	1
Tracks (DAW)	2
Nodes	3
Mixer	4
Controller views	5, 6, …

DAW & piano roll

Action	Shortcut
Move selection between clips / tracks	← → ↑ ↓
Focus the detail / piano-roll view	Cmd + ↓
Back to the track view	Cmd + ↑
Move the edit cursor by a beat	Shift + ← / →
Transpose selected notes by an octave	Shift + ↑ / ↓
Select all notes	Cmd + A
Quantize selected notes	Q
Zoom in / out	Alt + = / -
Create a new track	Shift + A
Toggle presentation mode	Cmd + Alt + P
Exit presentation mode	Esc

Hold Alt (Option) while dragging a note or clip to duplicate it.

Virtual MIDI keyboard

When computer keyboard as MIDI mode is on (Cmd + M), the letter and number keys play notes in a piano layout:

Action	Shortcut
Play notes	letter / number keys
Octave down / up	- / +

While this mode is active, unmapped keys are ignored so they don’t trigger their usual shortcuts. See Virtual Piano.