Keys

Almost everything in PianoFlex can be done with the mouse, and most of these keys are shortcuts for those who prefer the keyboard. A few things are done only with keys: copying a slot into another (Shift+1 to Shift+4), clearing the start point (C), and going back or forward 5 seconds in a file (, and .). They're written as on the keys themselves: "P" is the P key on its own, and "Shift+P" means holding Shift while you press P.

Sound and presets

• P: choose a preset.
• S: save the sound as a preset.
• Shift+P: delete the preset that's loaded, if it's one you saved.
• I, Y and A: open the Piano, Style and Space lists.
• G: give the piano a new character. T: make a variation of it.
• V: Vary. D: Randomize.
• U: Undo.
• R: reset the selected slider. Shift+R: reset the sound. Ctrl+R: reset all.
• ~: set the selected slider along the keyboard (only for the sliders that can be).
• B: mute or unmute.
• \- and =: turn the volume down or up.
• X: all notes off.

Sliders

• ↑ and ↓: select the slider above or below.
• ← and →: move the selected slider. Hold Shift for a small step.
• F: turn Fine on or off, for small steps all the time.

Slots and layers

• 1 to 4: edit slot A, B, C or D. When one slot is on, the sound moves with it.
• Shift+1 to Shift+4: copy the slot you're editing into that slot.
• L: turn the slot you're editing on or off.
• K: open the slot's layer settings.

Playing, files and recording

These keys work in the PianoFlex program, but not in the plugin.

• M: choose the MIDI keyboard (MIDI in).
• Shift+O: choose the sound output, shared or exclusive.
• [ and ]: make the delay shorter or longer.
• O: open a MIDI file.
• Space: play or stop the file. F5: play. F6: stop.
• Enter: play from the start point (while the file plays, it goes back there). C: clear the start point.
• , and .: go back or forward 5 seconds while the file plays.
• W: render the file to audio.
• Z: start or stop recording.
• N: choose the level and ending of the audio files.
• 5: MIDI out on or off: send the open file's notes, or with no file open ComposerFlex's playing, to the chosen port, for another instrument to play. PianoFlex is silent meanwhile.
• Shift+5 (the % key): choose the MIDI out port.

In lists and boxes

• ↑ and ↓: move through a list. PageUp and PageDown: move ten at a time. Home and End: go to the first or last entry.
• Type a letter to jump to the next entry that starts with it (not in the Help list).
• Enter, or a click: choose. Esc, or a click outside the list: close it without choosing.
• In a box with buttons, Tab moves from one button to the next, and Enter presses the one that's highlighted (in Compare, Tab switches between the two sounds). Esc cancels (in Compare it keeps your changes and closes).

Help, and quitting

• F1, H or ?: open Help.
• A, in the Help window: open About.
• Ctrl+Q: quit PianoFlex (the program; the plugin closes with your music program). If you've changed the sound since you last saved, PianoFlex asks first.