Appendix; Keyboard Shortcuts - Akai MPC User Manual

Appendix

Keyboard Shortcuts

You can use the following computer keyboard shortcuts for the MPC software.
Important: When running MPC as a plugin in Ableton Live 9 or Steinberg Cubase, all keyboard shortcuts
need to be combined with Alt.
Function Control

(Mac OS X)
Click and drag to copy
Main Grid,
selected events.
Select Box Tool
Click and drag to copy
Track View,
selected events.
Region Mode
Main Grid, Click and drag to copy
selected events.
Pencil Tool
Fine-edit value of selected
Real-time and
events.
Track Automation,
Pencil Tool
NT Automation, Fine-edit value of selected
events.
Pencil Tool
Select Box Tool
Nudge grid events
(using keyboard
cursors)
* Normally, real-time automation event cannot move beyond the selected event group's previous or next event.
Alt
(Windows)
Click background to
switch to Eraser Tool.
Click background to
switch to Eraser Tool.
Click background to
switch to Eraser Tool.
Click and drag
selected events with
no time constraints.*
Shift
Click and drag to
add events to
current selection.
Click and drag
selected events
without snapping to
grid.
Click events to add
to current selection.
Click and drag
selected events
without snapping to
grid.
Click and drag to
add events to
current selection.
Fine-edit nudge
without snapping to
grid (T.C.).
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Alt+Control
(Windows)
Alt+
(Mac OS X)
Click events to "send to back."