Space – Play/Stop
A – Show all of Waveform (Zoom out Full)
C – Copy file to Transfer Path
E – Hide/Show Left Sidebar
F – Set focus to Main Search Box
L – Loop Selected/Zoomed Region
M – Insert CUE marker in waveform window at play position / Inserts REGION markers if range selected
O – Open Containing Folder
P – Hide/Show Right Sidebar
Q – Hide/Show Mixer Panel/Meters
R – Reverse Playback
S – Spot to Track
T – Add to Tag List
V – Toggle Process Rack processing (bypass effects)
W – Open in Wave Editor (Hold Alt for 2nd Wave Editor)
X – X-fer to Pool/Bin in Target App (If available for target app)
Z – Undo one Level of Waveform Zoom
? – Play a Random Sound
` – Re-Trigger Playback (The tilde Key below ESC and above TAB)
ESC – Re-Triggers Playback also now
BACKSPACE – Show Previous Search
CTRL + BACKSPACE – Show Next Search
F1 – Online User Manual
F2 – Mixer Panel
F3 – Metadata Viewer Panel
F5 – Redraw Waveform
F6 – Burn In Metadata Panel
F7 – Import/Export Text File
F8 – Details Panel
F9 – Rename Panel
F10 – Process Panel
F11 – Marker Panel
MouseWheel (over waveform) = Increase Waveform Gain
MouseWheel + Shift (over waveform) = Zoom In/Out
Keypad 0-9 – plays sound at different semitone pitches. (Not implemented yet)
(Press Add/Subtract to toggle between pitch positive or negative)
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0 (numbers above QWERTY on keyboard) – Extract Individual Channel (Ultra only)
Alt + F – Show Folder Contents of Selected Record
Shift + D – Deep Char. Search (ON/OFF)
Shift + M – Sum to Mono
Shift + S – Spot non-xfer’d Items on Taglist to Track in set Target App
Shift + T – Thesaurus (ON/OFF)
Shift + X – X-fer Checked Items on Taglist to Target App Pool/Bin
DEL – Delete selected Region Destructively (when yellow range is selected)
Arrow Left/Right – Skip thru file by 1 second
NOTE: When you see (Ctrl/Cmd) this means to use Ctrl on Windows and Cmd on macOS
Ctrl/Cmd + Arrow Left/Right – Skip thru file by 10 seconds
Ctrl/Cmd + B – Bookmark Search Bar with Blocks
Ctrl/Cmd + D – Manage Databases
Ctrl/Cmd + E – X-fer to Wwise (Not implemented yet)
Ctrl/Cmd + F – Set focus to Main Search Box
Ctrl/Cmd + I – Import Files (or DnD files to the Results Page)
Ctrl/Cmd + N – Create New Database
Ctrl/Cmd + O – Open Database
Ctrl/Cmd + Q – Quit BaseHead
Ctrl/Cmd + R – Reverse File
Ctrl/Cmd + S – Save Destructive Edited file
Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + C – Clear All Search Blocks
Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + D – Disable all Blocks
Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + E – Enable all Blocks
Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + F – Create Search [field] Block
Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + L – Create Lock Block (Not implemented yet)
Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + T – Trim File Destructively (when yellow range is selected)
Ctrl/Cmd + DEL – Delete Record in DB
Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + DEL – Delete Record/File(s)
Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + ALT + DEL – Delete Record/File(s) Silently (no warning dialog)
Ctrl/Cmd + Click – Set playhead to position in waveform without playing
Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + Click – Insert CUE marker in waveform window at clicked position
Ctrl/Cmd + M – Insert LOOP marker at selected range in waveform
Ctrl/Cmd + MouseWheel – pitchSlider/pitchFX Up/Down when the slider is selected
Alt/Cmd + Click – Insert SYNC POINT in waveform