=========================== GoldWave keyboard shortcuts =========================== First published at 4/28/2018 on https://defkey.com/goldwave-shortcuts GoldWave is a digital audio editing software developed by GoldWave Inc. It was first released on April 1993. GoldWave has 94 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below. Sound window ------------ Left arrow Scrolls the Sound window graph left. Right arrow Scrolls the Sound window graph right. Page Up Scrolls the Sound window graph left one screen.  The amount of time scrolled depends on the current view zoom level.  If you used the green playback button in view mode to play the file, playback is restarted at the new scrolled position. Page Down Scrolls the Sound window graph right one screen.  See the Page Up key for more details. Home Moves the Sound window view to the start marker's position. End Moves the Sound window view to the finish marker's position. Ctrl + Home Moves the Sound window view to the beginning of the sound. Ctrl + End Moves the Sound window view to the end of the sound. Shift + Right arrow Moves the start marker right. Shift + Left arrow Moves the start marker left. Shift + Home Moves the start marker to the beginning of the sound. Shift + End Moves the start marker to the finish marker's position. Ctrl + Shift + Right arrow Moves the finish marker right. Ctrl + Shift + Left arrow Moves the finish marker left. Ctrl + Shift + Home Moves the finish marker to the start marker's position. Ctrl + Shift + End Moves the finish marker to the end of the sound. Shift + R Moves the start and finish markers to the stored locations (recall). Shift + M Stores the locations of the start and finish markers (memorize). Shift + E Displays the Set Marker window (enter). Shift + \ Moves the selection markers to their previous positions.  Five previous positions are saved automatically. Shift + Up arrow Horizontally zooms in. Shift + Down arrow Horizontally zooms out. Shift + A Horizontally zooms all the way out. Shift + P Zooms to previous horizontal zoom. Shift + S Horizontally zooms in on the selection. Shift + U Horizontally zooms to the user defined level. Shift + Y Displays a window to specify horizontal zoom level. Shift + 0 Zooms 10:1 horizontally. Shift + 1 Zooms 1:1 horizontally. Shift + 2 Zooms 1 second horizontally. Shift + 3 Zooms 10 seconds horizontally. Shift + 4 Zooms 1 minute horizontally. Shift + 5 Zooms 1 hour horizontally. Ctrl + Up arrow Vertically zooms in. Ctrl + Down arrow Vertically zooms out. Shift + V Vertically zooms all the way out. Scroll Lock When turned on, the Sound window graph automatically scrolls to follow the playback/recording position. Main Window ----------- F1 Starts on-line help. Alt + F6 Switches between Main window and Control window. Ctrl + F6 Switches between Sound windows. Ctrl + N Creates a new file. Ctrl + O Opens a file. Space Starts or stops playback using green play button mode.  See Control Properties. Shift + Space Starts or stops playback using yellow play button mode.  See Control Properties. F4 Plays (green mode) F5 Rewind F6 Fast forward F7 Pause F8 Stop Shift + F4 Plays the sound using the yellow play button mode. H Starts playback relative to the mouse's horizontal position in the waveform. J Rewind K Play (green mode) L Fast forward Shift + J Makes the playback speed slower Shift + K Make playback speed normal Shift + L Make playback speed faster Shift + [ Plays three seconds of audio before the start marker. Ctrl + [ Plays three seconds of audio after the start marker. Shift + ] Plays three seconds of audio before the finish marker. Ctrl + ] Plays three seconds of audio after the finish marker. Ctrl + F9 Starts recording. Ctrl + F8 Stops recording. Ctrl + F7 Pauses/unpauses recording. F11 Displays Control Properties window. Editing ------- Ctrl + Z Undoes last change. Ctrl + Y Redoes last change (reverse undo). Ctrl + X Cuts the selection. Ctrl + C Copies the selection. Ctrl + V Pastes the clipboard into the sound at the start marker's position. Ctrl + B Pastes the clipboard into the sound at the beginning. Ctrl + F Pastes the clipboard into the sound at the finish marker's position. Ctrl + E Pastes the clipboard into the sound at the end. Ctrl + P Pastes the clipboard into a new Sound window. Del Deletes the selection. Ctrl + M Mixes the clipboard with the sound at the start marker's position. Ctrl + D Crossfades the selection with the sound in the clipboard. Ctrl + K Overwrites the selection with the sound in the clipboard. Ctrl + R Replaces the selection with the sound in the clipboard. Ctrl + T Trims the sound.  Removes all audio outside the selection. Ctrl + U AutoTrims the sound.  Removes silences within the ends of the selection. Ctrl + A Selects the entire sound. Ctrl + W Sets the selection to the view (what is currently shown in the Sound window). Ctrl + Q Drops a new cue point at the current playback, recording, or start marker position.  Cue naming is controlled by the Auto Cue setting under the Cue Points Tool. Ctrl + Shift + Q Drops a new cue point at the current playback, recording, or start marker position and displays the edit window. Ctrl + J Jumps the start marker to the next cue point. Ctrl + Shift + J Jumps the start marker to the previous cue point. Alt + J Jumps the finish marker to the next cue point. Alt + Shift + J Jumps the finish marker to the previous cue point. Ctrl + Shift + L Selects the left channel only. Ctrl + Shift + R Selects the right channel only. Ctrl + Shift + B Selects both left and right channels. [ Moves the start marker to the current playback position. ] Moves the finish marker to the current playback position. Last modified on (UTC): Monday, November 11, 2019 Defkey © All rights reserved.