Controls¶

Every control in one place. Chapters in the manual explain each in context.

Shift + Step shortcuts¶

Shift + Step shortcuts

Combo	Action
Shift + Step 1	Sets
Shift + Step 2	Settings
Shift + Step 3	Clip page: speed, length, transpose, quantize (Track view)
Shift + Step 5 / 7 / 9	Set page: tempo, swing, quantize, root, key, mode, layout
Shift + Step 6	Metronome on / off
Shift + Step 10	Full velocity on / off
Shift + Step 12	CPU meter (again: reset peaks)
Shift + hold Step 14	Variation, or New Clip on an empty track
Shift + Step 15	Double the loop. Hold: Smart Double
Shift + Step 16	Cycle the clip's quantize (0 / default / 100 %). Hold: Smart Quantize

The shortcuts also work in Session view, except the Clip page and the generators, which need a single clip.

Combo	On Move	In Movy
Shift + Step 3	Workflow settings (count-in, quantize…)	The Clip page. Count-in is always one bar; the quantize default is on the Set page.
Shift + Step 16	Quantizes the clip (again on each press)	Moves the clip to the next quantize setting (0 / default / 100 %), never destructive. Hold for Smart Quantize.
Shift + Capture	Clears the capture buffer	Schwung's audio recorder. Clear Capture with hold Delete + Capture.
Hold step + jog	Note length	Turns pages, to lock any knob. Length: LEN on the Step page, or step A + step B.
Hold Mute	Shows and toggles automation	The 16-track mute map.

Control	Action
Jog	Scroll slots (Chain view), pages (parameter pages) or list rows.
Jog click	Open the slot / load the selection / open a list knob's menu.
Shift + jog click	Chain view: replace the slot's module. Parameter pages: jump to a section.
Touch the jog	Show what a click does here.
Back	One level out; cancel; at the top: Leave Movy?
Knobs 1–8	Edit the parameters on screen. Touch: show name and value.
Knob 1 on a preset page	Browse presets. Shift + knob 1: next bank.
Hold a file knob + jog click	Open the file browser (sample, wavetable…).
Hold a module-screen knob + jog click	Open the module's own screen.
Hold a knob ~1 s	Assign it to LFO 1 or 2 (jog picks, click assigns).
Volume knob	Master volume.
Hold track button + volume knob	That track's volume.
Shift + touch volume + jog click	Close Movy from anywhere.
Power button	Power off (asks first).

Control	Action
Pads	Play notes / drum voices.
+ / −	Octave up / down (per track). In Session view: move the focused group.
Shift + pad (drums)	Select a voice without playing it.
Mute + pad (drums)	Mute that voice. Shift + Mute + pad: solo it.
Track buttons	Select a track in the focused group. Hold: look and come back.

Control	Action
Step	Add / remove a note.
Hold step + pads	Set the step's notes.
Hold step A + press step B	Note length from A to B.
Hold step + knob	Lock a value on that step (Step page on page 0).
Hold step + volume knob	Step velocity.
Play	Start / stop.
Rec	Record live (count-in from a stop; punch-in while playing).
Hold Rec (stopped)	Step recording: pads enter, ▶ rest/tie, ◀ back/untie, step jumps.
Capture	Keep what you just played.
Hold Delete + Capture	Clear the Capture buffer.
Hold Copy, press source, then destination(s)	Copy a step, a bar (Loop view) or a clip (Session view).
Delete alone	Delete the current clip.
Delete + step / bar / clip	Clear it.
Hold step + Delete	Clear that step's locks, keep its notes.
Hold step + + / −	Transpose the held step.
Hold step + ◀ / ▶	Nudge the held step.
Hold Delete + pad	Remove that note or voice from the clip.
Hold Delete + touch knob	Clear that parameter's automation on the clip.
Undo / Shift + Undo	Undo / redo.
◀ / ▶	Previous / next bar.

Control	Action
Loop	Open the Loop view (tap) or peek (hold).
Press a bar	Select it.
Double-tap a bar	Loop that bar.
Press two bars	Loop the range.
Hold Loop + jog	Grow / shrink the loop by a bar.

Control	Action
Note/Session	Session view (tap = stay, hold = peek).
Pads	Launch clips.
Steps	Open a track (tap = stay, hold = peek).
Hold Note/Session + step	Jump to a track and keep the selector up (any view).
Hold Note/Session (Session tapped on)	Session mixer: knobs = tracks 1–8, jog = 9–16.
Hold Loop + Step 1, 3 … 15	Launch scenes 1–8. Keep holding and press more to build a song.

Control	Action
Mute	Mute the current track.
Mute + track button	Mute that track.
Hold Mute + step	Mute any of the 16 tracks (mute map).
Shift + any of the above	Solo instead.

Control	Action
Jog	Hear ORIG and each option; past the last, every other generator that suits the clip.
Touch the jog	Show the generator's name.
Knobs	Reshape the option. Touch: name and value.
Jog click / Back	Keep the option shown.
Undo / Shift + Undo	Step back / forward through the preview: knob turns, edits, option changes; past the first, ORIG, then the preview closes. Undo right after keeping reopens it.
Hold a track button	Show the track's pages while held.