The Tool Bar appears at the top of the workspace in every view within Songtrix.

It provides shortcuts for the most commonly used menu commands.  In Network View and Tutorials View, the buttons relating to editing songs are not active.

The tool bar can be hidden or shown using View-Tool Bar.

Controls

New Song

Starts the New Song process, which guides you through the steps of creating a new song or style.  If you press the Shift key when using this command, you bypass the New Song process and a simple 8-bar empty song is created.

Menu: File-New Song

Key: Ctrl+N

Open Song

Opens the Open Song window, where you can select a different song or style to open.

Menu: File-Open Song

Key: Ctrl+O

Save Song

Saves any changes you have made since the current song or style file was last saved.  If this is a new file, the Save Song As window will open instead, to request a file name.

Menu: File-Save Song

Key: Ctrl+S

Print

Prints a report.  First you will need to select the report type to print in the Select Report window.

Menu: File-Print

Key: Ctrl+P

Print Preview

Switches to Print Preview, to show you how a report will look before it is printed.  First you will need to select the report type to preview in the Select Report window.

Menu: File-Print Preview

Cut

Clears the selected range of cells in the song and places it on the Windows clipboard.  The bars of the selected range are emptied, not removed.  If segment events are currently selected in Track View, these are cut to the clipboard instead.

Menu: Edit-Cut

Key: Ctrl+X

Copy

Copies the selected range of the song and places it on the Windows clipboard.  If segment events are currently selected in Track View, these are copied to the clipboard instead.

Menu: Edit-Copy

Key: Ctrl+C

Paste

Places the contents of the Windows clipboard into the song at the current location, replacing the original content.  If it will not fit, or if there is any ambiguity about your intentions, the Paste Special window will open instead, so you can specify exactly how the paste operation should be performed.

Menu: Edit-Paste

Key: Ctrl+V

Undo

Reverses the last change you have made to current song or style.  You can select the number of previous changes that Songtrix remembers, using the General page.

Menu: Edit-Undo

Key: Ctrl+Z

Redo

Reinstates the last change you have undone to the current song or style.  This and the Undo command together allow you flexibly move backwards and forwards through your recent changes to compare the differences.

Menu: Edit-Redo

Key: Ctrl+Y

Song Setup

Opens the Song Setup window, which allows you to change the structure, and a wide range of properties, of the current song.

Menu: Song-Setup

Key: Ctrl+U

Insert Bars

Opens the Insert Bars window, which allows you to insert new bars into the song.

Menu: Song-Insert Bars

Key: Ctrl+Ins

Delete Bars

Opens the Delete Bars window, which allows you to delete a range of bars from the song.

Menu: Song-Delete Bars

Key: Ctrl+Del

Section Marker

Opens the Section Marker window, where you can add or remove a marker label, a substyle, a key signature or a new work sheet line at the current location.

Menu: Song-Section Marker

Volume Change

Opens the Volume Change window, where you can add or edit a volume change at the current location.

Menu: Song-Volume Change

Tempo Change

Opens the Tempo Change window, where you can add or edit a tempo change at the current location.

Menu: Song-Tempo Change

Split Segments

Splits the selected segment (or range of segments) into multiple smaller segments.

Menu: Segment-Split

Key: Ctrl+I

Join Segments

Joins the selected segments into a larger segment (within each track).  Segments cannot be joined across tracks.

Menu: Segment-Join

Key: Ctrl+J

Repeat Segment

Converts the selected segment (or range of segments) into a repeat segment, or back to a standard segment again.

Menu: Segment-Repeat

Autostyle Segment

Converts the selected segment (or range of segments) into a autostyle segment, or back to a standard segment again.

Menu: Segment-Autostyle

Next Chord

Opens the Next Chord window, where you can explore and audition the possibilities for choosing the next chord in a progression.

Menu: Tools-Next Chord

Guitar Chord

Opens the Guitar Chord window, where you can enter a chordshape and translate it to a chord inversion, for optional input into the song.

Menu: Tools-Guitar Chord

Notes To Chords

Opens the Notes To Chords window, where you can identify a chord from a set of notes, for optional input into the song.  Any notes in the selected range are used as the initial set.

Menu: Tools-Notes To Chords

 Notes To Scales

Opens the Notes To Scales window, where you can identify a scale from a set of notes, for optional input into the song.  Any notes in the selected range are used as the initial set.

Menu: Tools-Notes To Scales

Chords To Scales

Opens the Chords To Scales window, where you can identify a scale from a set of chords, for optional input into the song.  Any chords in the selected range are used as the initial set.

Menu: Tools-Chords To Scales

Relations

Opens the Relations window, where you can explore the relationships between chords and scales.  Any chords and scales in the selected range are used as the initial selection.

Menu: Tools-Relations