Keyboard
Cool Edit 2000 offers a wide variety of keyboard shortcuts to make editing easy and fast. See the list below to find out how to use your computer keyboard and mouse to speed up your editing.
KEYBOARD
File controls:
Ctrl+N Creates a new, initially blank file Ctrl+O Opens an existing waveform Ctrl+W Closes the current waveform Ctrl+S Saves the current waveform to disk Ctrl+Q Exits Cool Edit 2000
Selection controls:
Ctrl+A Select Entire Waveform Ctrl+B Enable both channels for editing Ctrl+L Enable Left channel for editing Ctrl+R Enable Right channel for editing Left Arrow Adjust left side of highlight one pixel to the left Right Arrow Adjust left side of highlight one pixel to the right Shift+Left Arrow Adjust right side of highlight one pixel to the left Shift+Right Arrow Adjust right side of highlight one pixel to the right
Ctrl+Shift+A Select current view
Escape Deselect (if any selection made, it is unselected) and reset cursor to start
{ Find Next Beat (Left) } Find Next Beat (Right) [ Anchors cursor position during playback ] Anchors selection (right) during playback
Editing controls:
Ctrl+Z Undo F2 Repeat Last Command F3 Repeat Last Command (no dialog) Ctrl+C Copy selection to internal clipboard Ctrl+X Cut waveform to internal clipboard Ctrl+V Paste from internal clipboard (or Windows clipboard if internal clipboard is empty) Ctrl+Shift+N Creates a new file and pastes waveform data from clipboard Ctrl+Shift+V Mix paste Ctrl+M Inserts the current selection or waveform into the multitrack environment Delete Delete selection Shift+Delete Cut selection to internal clipboard
Ctrl+T Trim to selection F11 Convert Sample Type Ctrl+(1 through 5) Switch between Cool Edit 2000's 5 internal clipboards
Play and Record controls:
Space Toggle Play / Stop Ctrl+Space Toggle Record / Pause Shift+Space Toggle Play from Cursor To End / Pause Ctrl+Shift+Space Toggle Play All / Pause Alt+P Play Normal Alt+S Stop (like Space when already Playing)
View and Zoom controls:
Home Jump view to start of wave (doesn't affect cursor) End Jump view to end of wave (doesn't affect cursor) Ctrl+End Zoom into right side of wave selection or cursor Ctrl+Home Zoom into left side of wave selection or cursor Ctrl+Up Arrow Vertical Zoom In Ctrl+Down Arrow Vertical Zoom Out Ctrl+Right Arrow Zoom "In" (zoom to center of view) Ctrl+Left Arrow Zoom Out Page Down Scroll forward one screen-full (doesn't affect cursor) Page Up Scroll backward one screenfull (doesn't affect cursor)
Miscellaneous:
