GOLD WAVE KEYBOARD COMMANDS


In addition to all the standard menu keystrokes, such as Alt F O to open a file, Alt E C to copy, Alt E P to paste, etc., GoldWave includes a number of additional quick keystrokes or shortcuts. These are summarized in the following table. Use Options | Keyboard to reassign shortcuts. 

 
Ctrl A:  Selects the entire sound. 
Ctrl B:  Pastes the clipboard into the sound at the beginning. 
Ctrl C:  Copies the selection into the clipboard. 
Ctrl D:  Displays the Crossfade window. Crossfades the clipboard with the selection. 
Ctrl E:  Pastes the clipboard into the sound at the end. 
Ctrl F:  Pastes the clipboard into the sound at the finish marker's position. 
H:  Starts playback relative to the mouse's horizontal position in the waveform. 
J, K, L:  Rewinds, plays, and fast forwards respectively from the current cursor's position. 
Shift J, Shift K, Shift L Makes the playback speed slower, normal, and faster respectively. 
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 K:  Overwrites the selection with the clipboard. 
Ctrl M or Shift Ctrl Ins:  Displays the Mix window.  Mixes the clipboard with the sound at the start marker's position. 
Ctrl N:  Creates a new sound. 
Ctrl O:  Opens a sound. 
Ctrl P:  Pastes the clipboard into a new 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 settings 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 R:  Replaces the selection with the clipboard contents. 
Ctrl S:  Saves the file. 
Ctrl T:  Trims the sound. Removes all audio outside the selection. 
Ctrl U:  Displays the AutoTrim window. Removes silences within the ends of the selection. 
Ctrl V:  Pastes the clipboard into the sound at the start marker's position. 
Ctrl W:  Sets the selection to the view (as in Select View). 
Ctrl X:  Cuts the selection and copies it into the clipboard. 
Ctrl Y:  Redo. Reverses last undo. 
Ctrl Z:  Undoes last change. 
Ctrl Shift B:  Selects both channels of a stereo file. 
Ctrl Shift L:  Selects the left channel of a stereo file. 
Ctrl Shift R:  Select the right channel of a stereo file. 
Shift 0:  Zooms 10:1 horizontally. 
Shift 1:   Zooms 1:1 horizontally. 
Shift 2:  Views 1 second horizontally. 
Shift 3:  Views 10 seconds horizontally. 
Shift 4:  Views 1 minute horizontally. 
Shift 2:  Views 1 hour horizontally. 
Shift A:  Horizontally zooms all the way out. 
Shift E:  Displays the Set Marker window. 
Shift M:  Stores the locations of the start and finish markers. 
Shift P:  Zooms to previous horizontal zoom. 
Shift R:  Moves the start and finish markers to the stored locations. 
Shift S:  Horizontally zooms in on the selection. 
Shift U:  Horizontally zooms to the user defined level. 
Shift V:  Vertically zooms all the way out. 
Shift Y:  Displays window to specify horizontal zoom. 
Del:  Deletes the selection, permanently. 
[ (left bracket):  Drops the start marker at the current playback position. 
] (right bracket):  Drops the finish marker at the current playback position. 
Shift [:  Plays three seconds of audio up to the start marker. 
Shift ]:  Plays three seconds of audio up to the finish marker. 
Ctrl [:  Plays three seconds of audio starting from the start marker. 
Ctrl ]:  Plays three seconds of audio starting from the finish marker. 
Shift \:  Moves the start and finish selection markers to their previous positions. 
Left:  Scrolls the Sound window view left. 
Right:  Scrolls the Sound window view right. 
Page Up:  Scrolls the Sound window view left one page.  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 view right one page.  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 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 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 Left, Shift Right:  Moves (nudges) the start marker left or right. 
Ctrl Shift Left, Ctrl Shift Right:  Moves the finish marker left or right. 
Shift Up:  Horizontally zooms in. 
Shift Down:  Horizontally zooms out. 
Ctrl Up:  Vertically zooms in. 
Ctrl Down:  Vertically zooms out. 
Space:  Plays or tops a sound (toggles playback). 
F4, F5, F6, F7, F8:  Plays, rewinds, fast forwards, pauses, and stops respectively. 
Shift F4:  Plays the sound with the yellow play button settings. 
Ctrl F9, Ctrl F8, Ctrl F7:  Starts, stops, and pauses recording respectively. 
F11:  Displays Control Properties window. 
F1:  Starts help. 
Ctrl F4:  Closes the Sound window. 
Alt F6:  Switches between Main window and Control window. 
Ctrl F6:  Switches between Sound windows.