Sequencer Megababy key bindings

2024-11-11

Notes

Key	Description
left-click+drag	Draw or erase notes on the same row
right-click+drag	Audition existing note or empty location; sets velocity for new notes if existing note is auditioned
`Shift+Ctrl+Alt`+left-click+drag	Freehand draw or erase notes
`Ctrl`+left-click+drag	Edit velocity of notes; drag over multiple notes on the same row to create velocity curves
`Ctrl+Alt`+left-click+drag	Adjust velocity of all notes on the same row
`Shift`+left-click+drag left/right	Adjust note start offset
`Shift+Alt`+left-click+drag	Adjust note start offset of all notes on the same row
`Alt`+left-click	Tie/untie notes
`Alt`+left-drag	Tie/untie multiple notes in a row
`Shift`+right-click+drag up/down	Subdivide note

Envelopes

Key	Description
left-click+drag	Draw/adjust envelope of the active envelope type
right-click+drag	Erase envelope of the active envelope type
left-click+drag up/down channel	(Drum map mode) Change MIDI channel
left-click+drag up/down CC	Change MIDI CC

MIDI CC: MIDI CC 0-127; on first envelope (blue) type 127 has a special meaning: it controls probability of note playback on each sequence step; only notes on same channel as the envelope will be affected

Note names

Key	Description
left-click+drag up/down	(Drum map mode) Transpose note row
left-click+drag up/down channel	(Drum map mode) Change MIDI channel
`Shift`+left-click	Duplicate sequence; sequence length is doubled
`Ctrl`+left-click	Halve steps per beat, slow down
`Ctrl`+right-click	Double steps per beat, speed up
`Ctrl+Alt`+left-click	Halve steps per beat, preserve note positions; sequence length is halved
`Ctrl+Alt`+right-click	Double steps per beat, preserve note positions; sequence length is doubled

Keyboard

Key	Description
left-click+drag green area	Change base note of the grid
right-click+drag green area	Change number of notes in the grid
left-click+drag red area	Change MIDI trigger notes for pattern triggering

Patterns

Key	Description
left-click	Change to pattern
`Ctrl`+left-click	Copy the active pattern to clicked pattern and change to the clicked pattern
`Ctrl`+right-click	Clear pattern
`Alt`+left-click	Set pattern chain end

Key	Description
left-click Mode	Toggle mode (see notes)
left-click PlayBeforeStart	Enable/disable playback before start beat position (see notes)
left-click StartBeatPos	Set start beat position to current play cursor position
right-click StartBeatPos	Set start beat position to default value
left-click EndBeatPos	Set end beat position to current play cursor position
right-click EndBeatPos	Set end beat position to default value
left-click+drag NoteLength	Set/adjust note length for all notes; 100% equals full step length
left-click+drag Swing	Set/adjust swing

Mode button: PR = piano roll, DM = drum map
PlayBeforeStart: >|> = play everywhere, |> = play only after start beat position
EndBeatPos: --- = play indefinitely

Tags

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