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Default Accelerators (Shortcuts)

When MTE (ETE/STE) is started for the first time, default accelerators are defined for important commands:

Command

Accelerator Key

MultiTrack

EasyTrack

SingleTrack

Reporter Box

Record Mode

Play/Stop toggle

Space

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

Move "Mark In" to soundhead

i

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(error)

(error)

Move "Mark out" to soundhead

o

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(error)

(error)

Move soundhead to start

Home (DE: Pos1)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(error)

(error)

Move soundhead to end

End (DE: Ende)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(error)

(error)

Zoom in

+ (on number pad)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(error)

(error)

Zoom out

– (on number pad)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(error)

(error)

Save

Ctrl+S (DE: Strg+S)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

Place standard marker at soundhead

M

(tick)

(error)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

Undo

Ctrl+Z (DE: Strg+Z)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(error)

Redo

Ctrl+Y (DE: Strg+Y)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(error)

HARD CODED ACCELERATORS

Additionally, some accelerators are hard coded into the different editors areas:

Area

Action

Shortcut

Comment

Timeline

Zoom horizontally

Shift + Mouse Wheel

Increase amplitude
(MTE volume fader, SingleTrack)

CTRL + Mouse Wheel

In MTE: When in edit mode (Edit > Volume Fader or Duck), CTRL + mouse wheel increases the amplitude of the selected track

Scroll tracks vertically

ALT + Mouse Wheel

Play complete marked area (between In/Out, no soundhead jump)

Ctrl +image-20251205-095834.png (Play Inside)

Play complete unmarked area (outside In/Out)

Ctrl + image-20251205-100050.png (Play Outside)

Move object vertically between tracks (timecode fixed)

Alt + Left Mouse Button (Drag & Drop)

Copy object(s) (drag to duplicate)

Ctrl + Left Mouse Button (Drag & Drop)

Paste multiple object(s) vertically (timecode fixed)

Ctrl + Alt + Left Mouse Button

Change height of all tracks

Ctrl + Left Mouse Button (Drag & Drop on track borders)

Changes apply only to tracks that are “Blocked Display” - image-20251208-161752.png
Does not take effect on tracks with “Edit Display” on - image-20251208-161925.png

Timeline – Edit Display (MTE) / Volume Mode (ETE)

Set/remove volume point

Ctrl + Left Mouse Button (on volume line)

Remove volume point

Right Mouse Button (on volume point)

MTE Clipboard

Load clipboard item into selected track

Ctrl + Shift + Left Mouse Button

  1. Using CTRL + SHIFT + LMB on any item in the Clipboard places that item into the timeline on the currently selected track.

  2. If multiple tracks are selected, the action does nothing.

  3. The item is inserted at the current soundhead position of the selected track.

  4. After placing an item into a track, the soundhead is moved to the end of that newly added item, another item can be inserted at that exact position in the same track.

Snap a clip to the 0 point in the Timeline

Alt+ Left Mouse Button (Drag & Drop)

STE Clipboard

Clear timeline and load clipboard item

Middle Mouse Button (on clipboard item)

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