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Music Hotkeys! - Pico-8 Tutorial #50
🕑 Added 2019-08-12 14:01:00 +0000 UTC
May 25/20 Update - The release of Pico-8 Beta includes a new PAT/SFX music editor. This means new hotkeys!
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Thanks to Discord’s 'wethesqueemish' for the suggestion!
List is below, and PDF is attached! Not exactly a tutorial, more of a resource :) But this should help give a picture of Pico-8’s music hotkeys and workflows. As you can see, I tried to make it as comprehensive as possible and included things like mouse clicks and mouse drags.
Of course, this will always be a work-in-progress as new updates add new hotkeys. Please message me with feedback, suggestions, or to add one that I missed! Also, I use OSX. For PC users, if you substitute “Command” with “Ctrl” I believe they should all work.
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PITCH & SFX MODE
- Tab: Switch between SFX and Pitch Mode
- Option + arrow keys: Moves between tabs
- ‘+’ : increase SFX value
- ‘-‘ : decrease SFX value
- ‘+’ + Shift: increase SFX number by 4
- ‘-‘ + Shift: decrease SFX number by 4
- ‘.’ : increase SPD value
- ‘,’ : decrease SPD value
- ‘.’ + Shift: increase SPD value by 4
- ‘,’ + Shift: decrease SPD value by 4
- Click SFX# arrows: increase and decrease SFX number
- Click SFX# arrows + command: increase and decrease SFX numbers by 4
- Click SFX# arrows + Shift + command: Select SFX in groups of 4
- Click instruments + Shift: changes all instruments
- Left/Right Click SPD: decreases/increase SPD value
- Left/Right Click SPD + Shift: decreases/increase SPD value by four
- Click SPD + drag left/right: decreases/increase SPD value
- Left/Right Click Loop boxes: decreases/increase Loop value
- Left/Right Click Loop boxes + Shift: decreases/increase Loop value by four
- Click Loops boxes + drag left/right: decreases/increase Loop value
- Space: Play/Stop
SFX MODE & PATTERN VIEW
- Arrows: Moves cursor
- Command + right/left arrows: Moves cursor to next column
- Command + up/down arrows: Moves cursor up/down 4 rows
- Home: Move cursor to beginning of SFX
- End: Moves cursor to end of SFX
- Page Up: Moves cursor up 4 rows
- Page Down: Moves cursor down 4 rows
- Shift + Navigation controls: Moves cursor & makes row selections
- Click + Drag: selects rows
- Shift + Play: Play from current group of 8
- Command + C: Copy selection
- Command + V: Paste selection
- Command + A: Select all rows in current SFX
- Backspace: Delete current row
- Delete: Delete previous row
- Return: Insert Row
- Shift + q2w3er5t6y7ui, zsxdcvgbhnjm (piano-like layout): Transpose note selections by x semitones
PATTERN VIEW
- Click on Pattern arrows: increase and decrease pattern number
- ‘+’ : increase pattern number
- ‘-‘ : decrease pattern number
- ‘+’ + Shift: increase pattern number by 4
- ‘-‘ + Shift: decrease pattern number by 4
- Click on Pattern#: switch to that pattern
- Click on Pattern# + Shift: select patterns
- Click on Pattern#, Command + C: Copy pattern(s)
- Click on Pattern#, Command + V: Paste pattern(s)
- Left/Right Click SFX box: increase and decrease SFX number
- Left/Right Click SFX box + Shift: increase and decrease SFX number by 4
- Click + drag on SFX box: increase and decrease SFX number rapidly
- Click on Edit: Beside SFX box, transport to that SFX in Pitch/SFX mode
- Tab: Switch to PAT/SFX overview
PAT/SFX OVERVIEW
- Tab: Switch to pattern view
- Click on PAT/SFX: Switch between PAT and SFX overviews
- Click 0-63: select pattern or SFX
- Click 0-63 + Shift: select patterns or SFX
- Click 0-63, Command + C: Copy pattern(s) or SFX
- Click 0-63, Command + V: Paste pattern(s) or SFX
- Double Click 0-63: Play music pattern or SFX
- Click + drag SFX: in SFX overview, move SFX to channel 1-4
PITCH MODE
- Click + drag in pitch window: Create pitches
- Click + drag + Command in pitch window: Create and snap pitches to C minor pentatonic
- Click + drag in volume window: Create volume values
