JukeBox Instructions

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Instructions

You can add or remove notes by clicking on the gray rows at the top. JukeBox automatically plays the notes out loud for you.

Notes go into patterns, and you can edit one pattern at a time. Those numbered boxes at the bottom of the editor are the different patterns you can edit. Click the boxes to move to a different part of the song, or click the arrows on the currently selected box to swap which pattern is played during that part of the song.

JukeBox can play several rows of patterns simultaneously, and each row has its own set of patterns. Most rows can play melodies or harmonies, but the bottom row is for drums.

All song data is contained in the URL at the top of your browser. When you make changes to the song, the URL is updated to reflect your changes. When you are satisfied with your song, just copy and paste the URL to save and share your song!

Keyboard Shortcuts

When JukeBox has focus, you can use these keyboard shortcuts:

Spacebar: play or pause the song
Shift Spacebar: play from mouse location
Z: undo, Y or Shift Z: redo
C: copy pattern from selection
V: paste pattern into selection
X: cut pattern
0-9: assign pattern number to selection
Arrows: move selection
Ctrl & Arrows: move selected channel up or down
[ ]: move playhead backward or forward one bar
F/H: move to First or Highlighted pattern
Shift F: move to start of loop
Shift & Drag: select part of a pattern
Enter: add a new bar after currently selected one
Shift Enter: add a new bar before currently selected one
Backspace: delete currently selected bar
Ctrl Enter: add channel
Ctrl Backspace: delete currently selected channel
D: duplicate a pattern
N: create a new blank pattern
+/-: move notes up or down
Shift & +/-: move notes up or down one octave
A: select entire song
Shift A: select current channel
Shift ~: new blank song
B: loop selected bars
R: random preset
Shift R: random instrument
Alt R: random instrument with of same type
Shift P: open song player
Shift U: shorten song url
Alt E: open/close all envelope dropdowns
Alt F: open/close all fm dropdowns

If you have channel muting enabled:

S: Solo/unsolo a channel
M (or shift S): Mute/unmute a channel
Shift M: Mute/unmute entire song

If you have simultaneous instrument per channel enabled:

Alt Enter: add instrument within channel
Alt Backspace delete instrument within channel

And if you're in the song player:

Spacebar: play or pause the song
[ ]: move playhead backward or forward one bar
F: move to first pattern
L: toggle loop
Z/+/-: toggle zoom
Ctrl E/P: return to editor
Shift U: shorten song player link
C: copy link

These are just a few shortcuts, check JukeBox's edit menu for more!

Additional Shortcuts

In the note pattern editor, you can click and drag horizontally on a note to adjust its duration. You can also click above or below an existing note to add more notes to be played simultaneously, which is called a chord.

ADVANCED: Drag vertically from an existing note to bend its pitch, or drag vertically from above or below the note to adjust its volume. You can perform fine volume adjustment if you hold Control while doing this!

ADVANCED: Click and drag on the pattern grid to make a selection. You can then press C/V to mass copy/paste parts of your song.

JukeBox has many more features. Try playing with the buttons and menus on the right side to find out what it can do! You can also click on the label next to each option for a description of what it does. Some features are hard to find anywhere though - for example, if your song has any modulator channels, you can hold Ctrl or Shift while the song is playing to record the movement of sliders directly!