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Shortcuts for playing and zooming audio

This partial list includes the playing and zooming shortcuts that many Soundbooth experts find most useful.

Result

Windows shortcut

Mac OS shortcut

Start and stop playback

Spacebar

Spacebar

Enable or disable looped playback

Ctrl+L

Command+L

Shuttle playback left or right (press again to increase speed)

J or L

J or L

Stop shuttled playback

K

K

Select Hand tool

H

H

Select Zoom tool

Z

Z

Move current-time indicator to beginning of file

Home

Home

Move current-time indicator to end of file

End

End

Zoom in

=

=

Zoom out

Zoom out fully

\

\

Zoom to selection

Shift+S

Shift+S

Zoom to selection in point

Shift+Q

Shift+Q

Zoom to selection out point

Shift+W

Shift+W

You can also zoom in and out with the mouse wheel.