Vitamin L -- key assignments (v. 1.0)
Convenience shortcuts
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Esc+F1 |
Toggle audio engine |
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Shift+Caps Lock |
Toggle quick keys |
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F1 |
Display shortcuts |
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Ctrl+F1 |
Read the Live Manual |
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F2 |
Rename |
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Ctrl+F2 or Shift+D |
Toggle delay compensation |
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F3 |
Find… |
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F4 or Alt+K |
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toggle computer |
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F5 |
Previous skin |
hint: leave only your favorite skins in Live’s Skins directory and use these shortcuts to quickly switch between them |
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F6 |
Next skin |
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F7 |
Lock/unlock envelopes |
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F8 |
Export Audio/Video… |
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Shift+F8 |
Export |
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Ctrl+F8 |
Preferences… |
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Alt+F1 |
Find Live plugin |
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Alt+F2 |
Find VST plugin |
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Alt+F3 |
Find in file browser 1 |
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Alt+F4 |
Find in file browser 2 |
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Alt+F5 |
Find in file browser 3 |
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WinKey+F1..F8 |
Mute/unmute
track 1..8 |
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Ctrl+Shift+O |
Open recent set… |
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Ctrl+Alt+S |
Save a copy… |
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Ctrl+P |
Open previous (last) set |
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Alt+Q |
Exit |
replaces CTRL+Q |
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Insert |
Insert track |
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Shift+Insert |
Insert |
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Ctrl+Insert |
Insert return track |
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WinKey+Insert |
Insert time (arrange)/ Insert scene (session) |
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Alt+1 |
Vst plugins |
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Alt+2 |
Live plugins |
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Alt+3,4,5 |
File browser 1,2,3 |
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R |
Record |
quick keys |
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F |
Follow playback |
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G |
Quantization grid on/off |
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H |
Draw mode switch |
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Ctrl+Alt+F |
Manage files |
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Ctrl+Shift+Z |
Redo |
same as CTRL+Y |
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= |
+ |
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Alt+Right Click |
Delete automation; clear envelope; rename (in browser) |
click on a control or on a track in the arrange view to
clear automation envelope |
Double-click tray icon |
Temporarily disable / enable all shortcuts |
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Ctrl+F9 |
Reload script |
use this if things go wrong… |
Timeline editing
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Alt+Space or B |
Play from mouse position |
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WinKey+Space or Y |
Play from last mouse position |
plays from the last visual position on the timeline where command above was used; quick key |
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S |
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quick keys |
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D |
Duplicate |
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J |
Consolidate |
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G |
Grid on/off |
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W |
Select a section of the timeline (arrange) / Select all
slots in a scene (session) |
takes a timeline selection and turns it into a section which includes all tracks – very handy!; quick key |
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F7 |
Lock/unlock envelopes |
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Alt+Z |
Freeze/unfreeze track(s) |
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Ctrl+Alt+Z |
Flatten |
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Right button+Left
button |
Grid on/off |
alternative mouse button shortcuts for faster editing |
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Middle Button |
Draw mode |
Clip properties (timeline)
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V |
Quick volume mode |
toggle quick modes for audio clips; use arrow keys, PgUp/PgDn and mouse wheel to adjust
properties; same key or ESC to exit; quick
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Quick pitch mode |
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X |
Quick bpm
mode |
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V |
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For |
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C |
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X |
Fold/unfold notes |
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U |
Reverse audio clip / Quantize midi clip |
works from timeline; quick key |
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/ |
(De-)activate
clip(s) |
if no clip is selected, will try to (de-)activate clip under mouse; quick key |
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Alt+Enter |
Show clip properties |
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Alt+E |
Edit clip in
editor |
only when quick keys are on; not
available in Live 6 |
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Shift+W |
Toggle clip
warp |
audio clips; quick key |
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Shift+L |
Toggle clip
loop |
audio and |
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Shift+X |
Select clip
warp mode |
quick keys |
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E |
Show/hide
envelopes |
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O |
Volume
envelope |
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P |
Pan envelope |
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T |
Transpose
(audio) / pitch bend ( |
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Shift+M |
Modulation
envelope |
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Shift+S |
Sample shift
(audio) / sustain pedal ( |
quick key |
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Alt+Right
Button or Alt+Delete |
Clear envelope |
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Clip properties (Clip view)
in addition to timeline shortcuts, when the focus is in
clip view, you can use these:
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W |
Toggle clip
warp |
audio clip; quick key |
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L |
Toggle clip
loop |
audio or MIDI
clip; quick key |
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E |
Show/hide
envelopes |
quick key |
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S |
Sample offset envelope |
audio clip; quick key |
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Sustain
envelope |
MIDI clip; quick key |
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M |
Modulation
envelope |
MIDI clip; quick key |
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Alt+Right
Button or Alt+Delete |
Clear envelope |
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View
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\ |
Show/hide
clip/plugin properties |
quick keys |
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] |
Show/hide browser |
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[ |
Show/hide return tracks |
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I |
Show/hide I/O |
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S |
Show/hide sends |
session view; quick
key |
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Alt+M |
Show/hide mixer |
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Alt+D |
Show/hide track delay |
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Alt+X |
Show/hide crossfader |
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Ctrl+Alt+F |
Show/hide file manager |
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Timeline navigation
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PgUp/PgDn |
Move cursor by 1 bar |
hold to shuttle back/forth in time |
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Shift+PgUp/PgDn |
Move cursor by 4 bars |
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Left/Right |
Move cursor by 1/16 |
only in arrange view |
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Ctrl+Home |
Return to origin |
if the set is very long, may need to hit it several times |
Precision editing
these a numeric pad shortcuts and are enabled when NumLock is ON
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Numpad 4 / Numpad 6 |
Move clip by 1 pixel |
if no clip under mouse, will simply move the cursor. You can use these sticky-click mode as well. Horizontal move only works in arrange. |
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Numpad 1 / Numpad 3 |
Move clip by 10 pixels |
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Numpad 7 / Numpad 9 |
Move clip by 50 pixels |
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Numpad 8 / Numpad 2 |
Move clip up/down |
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Alt+Numpad 8 / 2 |
Copy clip to previous / next track (scene) |
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Sticky click mode
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Q, NumPad
5 |
Toggle sticky-click mode |
use numpad
keys or mouse to move; {Ctrl+}Q/numpad5/mouseclick or ESC to exit |
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Ctrl+Q, Ctrl+NumPad 5, Ctrl+Mouseclick |
When exiting sticky-click mode, copy instead of move |
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Shift+Q |
Precision sticky-click mode |
use this for automation (see below) |
Working with automation
all shortcuts for lanes work only in Live 7+
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`(backquote) |
Fold/unfold
all automation lanes for track under mouse |
if no lanes exist, will try to open an automation lane for each automated parameter |
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Esc+Right Button |
Close
automation lane under mouse cursor |
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Alt+Insert |
Insert
automation lane |
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Alt+Right
Button or Alt+Delete |
Delete
automation |
alt-right click
on timeline, on track head or any knob to delete automation |
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Shift+Q |
Precision
sticky-click mode |
Use this for
precise automation editing, esp. for tempo automation. Mouse wheel
up/down for small adjustments, Shift+Mousewheel
for large |
Multiple take management
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N |
Previous take |
after recording multiple takes, use these to quickly
switch between different takes; quick keys |
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M |
Next take |
Power zoom/scroll
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Mouse Wheel Up/Down |
Zoom in/out on timeline Zoom in/out in clip view Select tracks (session) Scroll through plugins Select files in browser Move knob/slider (session mixer) |
also: increase/decrease value (quick modes); vertical
zooming in vertical zoom mode; precision automation adjustments in “controlled
sticky click” mode |
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Scroll through scenes |
session view |
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Scroll through tracks |
arrange view |
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Shift+Mouse Wheel |
Vertical zoom |
arrange view |
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Ctrl+Shift+Mouse Wheel |
Vertical zoom 1 track |
v. zoom track under mouse |
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Z |
Vertical zoom mode |
use mousewheel
or move mouse up/down to zoom; Z or ESC to exit; quick key |
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Shift+Z |
Vertical zoom track mode |
same as above, but only for track currently under mouse |
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WinKey+Mouse Wheel |
Scroll up/down |
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WinKey+Ctrl+ |
Scroll left/right |
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WinKey+Ctrl+Home |
Scroll to first track |
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Ctrl+ +/- |
Accelerated zoom |
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Shift+ +/- |
Instantaneous zoom |
zoom in to sample level/zoom out full |
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Ctrl+` |
Reset all tracks to minimum height |
vertical height presets for all tracks. |
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WinKey+` |
Reset all tracks to medium height |
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Alt+` |
Reset all tracks to normal height |
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Shift+` |
Fold/unfold all tracks |
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Plugins and extended functionality
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Alt+U |
Load utilty
to current track |
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Ctrl+Alt+P |
Load spectrum to master track |
not available in Live 6 |
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Alt+S |
Sample to new MIDI track |
this command will create a new MIDI track with a Simpler
and load the clip currently under mouse cursor in the Simpler. |
Remappings
These allow you to assign these key combinations from Live.
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Ctrl+Left |
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only active in appropriate context; use Ctrl+WinKey+Left/Right to
shorten/lengthen loop on the timeline |
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Ctrl+Right |
. |
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Appskey |
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Appskey =
menu key on the bottom right on your kbd |
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Ctrl+Appskey |
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Alt+Appskey |
~ |
Additional recommended shortcuts
Some keys have been intentionally left unassigned by Vitamin L to allow flexibility in choosing
several native shortcuts in Live. Here’s an example of possible mappings for some of these:
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L |
Loop |
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; |
Punch in |
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' |
Punch out |
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Set locator |
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, |
Previous locator |
this will give you Ctrl+Left/Right
for these |
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. |
Next locator |
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K |
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Alternatively, for navigating with a full-sized keyboard:
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NumPad . |
Metronome on/off |
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Tap tempo |
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Set locator |
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Previous locator |
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Next Locator |
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Shortcuts for rendeding
audio/video (video and dither are Live 7-only)
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T |
Rendered track |
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N |
Normalize |
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L |
Loop |
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F |
File Type |
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M |
Convert to mono |
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B |
Bit depth |
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D |
Dither options |
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A |
Create Analysis |
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V |
Create video file |
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E |
Video encoder |
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Ctrl-E |
Encoder settings |
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Enter |
Start render |
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F8, Esc |
Cancel |