Reference Guide

296 Recording
Step recording
To use other commands while step recording
• Use the mouse to click the command you want to use.
or
• Click the Activate Step Recording button in the Step Record dialog box so that the button
is not red. This disables step recording, allowing you to use both the mouse, and any keyboard
shortcuts that the Step Record dialog box uses, for other commands.
By default, opening the Step Record window will automatically enable step recording. SHIFT+R is
the default shortcut to open the Step Record dialog box. Once the Step Record window is open,
you can enable/disable step recording at will without closing the Step Record window: just click the
Activate Step Recording button in the Step Record dialog box, or press SHIFT+R.
See also:
“Step record keyboard Shortcuts” on page 296
“Step pattern recording” on page 298
Step record keyboard Shortcuts
The default keyboard shortcuts for step recording are on the NumPad, so that you can keep one
hand on your MIDI keyboard to play notes with, and use the other hand on the NumPad to use
shortcuts.
You can use key bindings to configure your own shortcuts. Go to Edit > Preferences > Keyboard
Shortcuts, choose Step Record in the Area field, select a key and a function you want to bind, and
click the Bind button to bind them together. Bind additional keys and commands as needed.
Default setting or option Default shortcut
Whole note NumPad 1
Half note NumPad 2
Quarter note NumPad 4
Eighth note NumPad 8
16th note NumPad 6
32nd note NumPad 3
64th note NumPad 7
Custom step size NumPad 9
Tuplet NumPad /
Table 38.