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Producer Dashboard

Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts let you control playback, navigate your library, and perform common actions without reaching for your mouse. Once you learn a few key combinations, you’ll move through your tracks and manage your workflow much faster.

How Shortcuts Work

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The dashboard intelligently avoids triggering shortcuts while you’re typing. Shortcuts are automatically ignored when your cursor is in:

  • Search fields
  • Text inputs
  • Modal dialogs
  • Any other editable area

This means you can type freely in the search box without accidentally playing tracks or jumping around the grid.

Playback Controls

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Control audio playback without clicking anywhere.

Play and Pause

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Press Space to play or pause. The behavior depends on what’s currently happening:

  • If the waveform player is open with a track loaded, Space toggles that track’s playback
  • If no player is open but you have tracks selected, Space starts playing your selection
  • When multiple tracks are selected, Space queues them for sequential playback

Seek Within a Track

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Press Left Arrow to skip back 5 seconds or Right Arrow to skip forward 5 seconds. This only works while a track is actually playing.

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Move through your track grid quickly using arrow keys.

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Press Up Arrow to move to the previous track or Down Arrow to move to the next. The dashboard scrolls to keep your selection in view automatically.

The navigation follows the visual order of tracks in the grid, so it feels natural as you move up and down through your library.

Search and Focus

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Jump directly to the search field whenever you need it.

Press Cmd + F (Mac) or Ctrl + F (Windows/Linux) to instantly focus the search bar. Start typing your query and the results filter in real time.

Track Actions

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Apply common track changes directly from the keyboard.

Toggle Favorite

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Press Z to mark your selected tracks as favorites. Press it again to remove the favorite status. You can select multiple tracks and the action applies to all of them at once.

Toggle Archive

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Press X to archive your selected tracks. Like favorites, this works on multiple tracks simultaneously. Archiving moves tracks out of your main view while keeping them accessible.

Bucket Assignment

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Assign tracks to buckets quickly using number keys.

Press 1 through 9 to assign the selected track(s) to bucket 1 through 9. This works without any modifier keys—just press the number directly. The bucket assignment updates immediately in the sidebar and across any views that show bucket information.

Saved Views

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If you’ve set up custom saved views with keyboard shortcuts, you can apply them instantly.

Press Cmd + Shift + [key] or Ctrl + Shift + [key] followed by your assigned letter or number. The dashboard loads that view’s filters and layout immediately.

Panel Visibility

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Toggle the left and right sidebar panels to maximize your workspace.

  • Press Ctrl + Q to toggle the left sidebar (bucket panel)
  • Press Ctrl + E to toggle the right sidebar (activity panel)

When you need more room for the track grid, collapse the sidebars. Press the shortcut again to bring them back.

Settings and Export

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Quick access to important actions.

Open Settings

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Press Cmd + , (Mac) or Ctrl + , (Windows/Linux) to open your settings panel. This works from anywhere in the dashboard.

Export Split Sheet

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Press Cmd + Shift + E (Mac) or Ctrl + Shift + E (Windows/Linux) to export a split sheet for your selected tracks. This opens the export widget and prepares your tracks for export.

Closing and Clearing

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Press Escape to close open panels, modals, inline dropdowns, or clear your current selection. It’s the quickest way to back out of any nested view and return to the main track grid.

Tips

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