Sample library

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Keyboard shortcuts

Listening

Click a small dotPlay it, or stop it if it is playing
Hold Shift and move over dotsPlay each one as you cross it, all the way through, layered over the others. Esc stops them
Drag a dot off the mapInto a DAW, a sampler or a folder, as the file
SpacePlay the sample under the cursor (or the last one again), or stop
RPlay a random sample from what is on screen
Tab or →Play the next similar sound
Shift Tab or ←Back to the sound before
BackspaceGo back the way you came
Ctrl Z / Ctrl YThe sound you played before, or after
LLoop samples, or play each one once
TPlay at your project tempo, or as recorded
KPlay in your project key, or as recorded
EscStop, and clear the trail
AMute the reference track, or bring it back (load one in Project)
Shift-drag the waveformTrim: only that part plays, and only that part is saved. Shift-click clears it
A key on a MIDI keyboardThe sample in hand, pitched to that note (switch it on in Project)

Keeping sounds

SKeep the sample in your basket, or drop it
DSave a copy of the sample
MSave the notes heard in it as MIDI
GTag it with your own words
Right-click a sampleMore like it, from the whole library - or the sounds like button on the bar below
IBuild a kit around it
4 to 9With a kit up, play its pads
CCorrect its BPM, key or drum role
YConfirm the playing sample's tempo and key
XFix the playing sample's reading
HSend feedback (in the app)
Drop a file on the mapWhat in the library sounds like it (in the app)
Shift 1–5Rate it; Shift 0 clears
Alt-click a soundPlay it over the one already playing (Option-click on a Mac)

Moving around

ScrollZoom in and out
DragMove the map
FFit the whole map in the window
1 to 5Choose Clusters, Key wheel, Lanes by type, Tempo × key, or Scatter
BBack to the original layout
PStart or pause the physics
Click a tagThen Tab plays through every sample on it
VSwitch between the map and the list
↑ ↓ in the listPlay the row above or below

Searching

/ goes to the search box. Type words to match names, folders and tags, or narrow it down with bpm:120-130 key:Amin tag:vinyl dur:<2 folder:drums like:warm pad chord:Am role:kick problem:clip. like: takes the whole phrase up to the next search key, so like:warm pad bpm:120-130 searches for warm pad sounds at that tempo. Quotes work too. Start a term with - to leave those samples out.