Maolan Shortcuts
Keyboard commands and pointer gestures for session management, transport, clip editing, markers, zoom controls, timing lanes, piano roll work, and plugin routing.
Keyboard Shortcuts
Core commands for session control, playback, and piano-note processing.
Global / Session
New session
Open session
Save session
Save session as
Import files
Open export dialog
Add track
Undo
Redo
Redo
Remove selected item(s)
Cancel or clear the current context-dependent interaction
Transport
Toggle play/stop
Pause
Piano Tools
Quantize selected notes
Humanize selected notes
Groove selected notes
Workspace and Track List
Track selection, track management, and context actions from the main editor.
Select track
Add track to the current selection
Open track plugin view
Open track context menu
Reorder track
Resize track height
Track Context Menu
- Automation lanes, rename, sends and returns, MIDI learn, freeze or flatten, template save, and grouping or VCA actions depending on track state
Timeline, Selection, and Editing
Clip manipulation, selection gestures, ruler operations, zoom controls, and timing-lane edits.
Timeline Clips
Select clip
Deselect clips
Drag/move clip (or group if multi-selected)
Copy clip while dragging
Resize clip bounds
Resize fade-in/fade-out
Split clip at current cursor or snap position
Open MIDI piano roll
Open clip context menu
Clip Context Menu
- Rename
- Take-lane controls
- Mute/unmute
- Fade toggle
- Audio warp actions for audio clips
Selection Gestures
Marquee clip selection rectangle
Create empty MIDI clip
Ruler (Top Timeline)
Move transport playhead
Set loop range (snap-aware)
Clear loop range
Tempo / Time Signature Lane
Select marker
Add/remove marker from selection
Move marker(s) in time
Clear timing selection and move the playhead
Clear timing selection and set punch range
Open marker context menu: duplicate, reset to previous, or delete
Clear timing selection and clear punch range
Clear timing selection and set punch range
Add tempo point
Add time-signature point
Adjust punch start or end
Adjust tempo
Adjust numerator
Adjust denominator
Zoom Controls
Bottom-right horizontal slider
Bottom slider in the MIDI editor
Right-side vertical slider in the MIDI editor
Track Header Markers
Marker creation, repositioning, and deletion from the header area.
Open the create-marker dialog at the snapped timeline position
Move marker horizontally; snapping is applied on drop
Rename marker
Delete marker
Piano Roll
Note editing, note creation, selection, and controller lane manipulation.
Select and move notes
Resize note start/end
Box-select notes
Create notes
Delete note
Adjust note velocity
Controller and SysEx Lanes
Left drag adjusts a point/value, middle click/drag erases, right drag draws
Adjust controller value
Left drag moves a SysEx event, double click opens the SysEx editor
Plugin Graph
Routing and graph interactions for plugins, tracks, audio, and MIDI connections.
Open the track plugin/routing graph
Move plugin node in graph
Create audio or MIDI connection
Remove selected graph connection
Remove selected plugin instance
Notes
- Current keyboard handling is Ctrl-based in code paths, including on macOS builds.
- Some actions depend on the current view, active tool, and selection state.
- The main editor zoom is geometric rather than linear, so equal slider movement produces equal zoom-ratio changes.