Menus & Shortcuts

A reference for Orbit's menu bar and keyboard shortcuts. Menu items shown with a dash (—) have no default shortcut. Items marked (Pro) only appear with an Orbit Pro licence — Standard hides them, and the whole Markers menu is Pro-only.

Orbit

Item	Shortcut
About Orbit	—
Check for Updates…	—
Manage License…	—
Send Us Feedback…	—
Toggle Performance HUD	⇧⌘P
Show Log	⇧⌘L
Preferences…	⌘,
Hide Orbit	⌘H
Hide Others	⌥⌘H
Show All	—
Quit Orbit	⌘Q

File

Item	Shortcut
New Session… (Pro)	⌘N
Open Session… (Pro)	⇧⌘O
Open File…	⌘O
Open Recent	▸
Close Session (reads Close File when no session is open)	⇧⌘W
Save Session (Pro)	⌘S
Save Session As… (Pro)	⇧⌘S
Create Session from Preview… (Pro)	—
Import Audio into Session… (Pro)	—
Export PDF…	⇧⌘E
Export Audio…	⇧⌘B
Export AXML… (Pro)	⇧⌘X
Export as IAMF/Eclipsa Audio… (Pro)	⌘R
Import Video… (Pro)	⇧⌘I
Close	⌘W

Edit

Item	Shortcut
Undo	⌘Z
Redo	⇧⌘Z
Cut	⌘X
Copy	⌘C
Paste	⌘V
Select All	⌘A
Delete Selected Region	⌫
Group Clips	⌘G
Ungroup Clips	⌥⌘G

View

Item	Shortcut
Show Object Details	⇧⌘D
View AXML… (Pro)	⌥⌘X
View IAMF Bitstream… (Pro)	⌥⌘I
Show Object Grid… (Pro)	⇧⌘G
Rebuild Waveform & Peak Cache	⇧⌘R
Zoom In (Pro)	⇧⌘+
Zoom Out (Pro)	⇧⌘−
Fit to Window (Pro)	⇧⌘0
Theme (Orbit Default / Orbit Pro (Dark)) (Pro)	▸
Enter Full Screen	fn F

Setup

Item	Shortcut
Configure Outputs…	—
Camera Tracking Settings…	—
Spatial Settings…	—
Speaker Configuration…	—
Downmixing…	⌥⇧⌘D
Solo in Pairs	—
Grid Snap	S

Playback

Item	Shortcut
2-Sec (2-Pop) Preroll	—
Play From Loop Start (Pro)	—
Set Region In Point (Pro)	I
Set Region Out Point (Pro)	O
Enable / Disable Loop (Pro)	L
Clear Region (Pro)	⇧L
Play From Region Start (Pro)	—
Loop Snap Mode (Pro)	▸

Monitoring

Solo and mute the spatial groups by number; hold ⇧ to mute instead of solo.

Solo	Shortcut		Mute	Shortcut
Solo Bed	1		Mute Bed	⇧1
Solo Objects	2		Mute Objects	⇧2
Solo Ambi	3		Mute Ambi	⇧3
Solo L/R	4		Mute L/R	⇧4
Solo Center	5		Mute Center	⇧5
Solo LFE	6		Mute LFE	⇧6
Solo Surr	7		Mute Surr	⇧7
Solo Height	8		Mute Height	⇧8
Clear All Solos	0		Clear All Mutes	⇧0

You can also ⌥-click a speaker in the Monitor View to mute it.

Markers

Pro

The Markers menu only appears with an Orbit Pro licence.

Item	Shortcut
Add Marker at Playhead	⇧M
Show Marker List…	⇧⌘M
Jump to Next Marker	⌘]
Jump to Previous Marker	⌘[
Export Markers as CSV…	—
Export Markers as PDF…	—
Clear All Markers on Current Track	—

⇧-drag a marker to move it along the timeline. See Markers.

Window and Help

Item	Shortcut
Show Main Window	⌘0
History	⌃⌘H
Orbit Help	⌘?

Other shortcuts

Shortcuts that aren't in the menu bar.

Transport

Shortcut	Action
Space	Play / Pause
⇧Space	Play from region start
Enter	Return to session start

Selection

Action	Result
Click	Select a single object (deselects others); click the only selected object to deselect it
⌘-click	Toggle an object in / out of the selection
⇧-click	Select a range
⇧⌘-click	Add a range to the selection

Timeline navigation

These work in both the Timeline View and the Video Timeline:

Shortcut	Action
↑ / ↓	Zoom in / out
+ / = / −	Zoom in / in / out
← / →	Move the playhead one grid step

Video editing tools

Video Timeline only:

Shortcut	Action
A	Pointer tool — move & trim
B	Razor tool — split
T	Trim selected clip to audio end
[ / ]	Nudge selected clip(s) earlier / later
⌥↑ / ⌥↓	Move selected clip(s) up / down a lane
Esc	Deselect clips

Exporting

Shortcut	Action
⇧⌘E	Export PDF… — choose the Metadata or Full preset in the export window

Master output

Action	Result
⌥-click the master fader	Reset it to 0 dB