Menu Reference
A quick tour of what lives under each top-level menu, so you know where to reach when you need it.
File#
- Open (
⌘O): open a MIDI file, adding it to the playlist and playing it. - File Info (
⌘I): open File Info for the track that is playing. - Add to Playlist (
⌘⇧O): add files to the playlist. - Open Recent: recently opened files.
- Import Playlist (
⌘⇧I) and Recent Playlists: load a saved playlist. - Export Playlist (
⌘⇧E): save the current playlist. - Recent SoundFonts: reload a SoundFont you have used recently on the built-in synth. See MIDI Output & Devices.
- Bounce Audio: render to a WAV file (built-in synth). See Bounce to Audio.
Display#
- Visualiser: Piano Roll (
⌘1), Meter Bars (⌘B), Show Keyboards (⌘K), and the Multi-colour Piano Roll toggle. See The Visualiser. - Show / Hide Playlist (
⌘2). - Enter / Exit Mini Player (
⌘⇧M). See Mini Player. - Show Speaker Visualiser (
⌘⇧V). See Speaker Visualiser. - Show Compact Player (
⌘8). See Compact Player. - Presentation View: Show Presentation View (
⌘9), plus the Meter Bars / Piano Roll right-pane choice. See Presentation View. - Zoom In / Out / Reset (
⌘+,⌘-,⌘0). - Window openers: Mixer (
⌘6), Part Inspector, Show Lyrics (⌘L), Tempo Graph, SoundFont Instruments, XF Sections, XF Chords, Performance Mode (⌘4), SysEx Monitor (⌘3), PXR Log (⌘5).
Playback#
- Play / Pause (
Space), Stop (⌘.). - Next Track (
⌘→), Previous Track (⌘←). - Shuffle (
⌘⇧S), Repeat (⌘⇧R). - Queue (
⌃Q). See Playback Queue. - Sleep Timer: pick a duration. See Sleep Timer.
Stats#
- Quick at-a-glance figures, plus Open Listening Stats (
⌘7). See Listening Stats.
MIDI#
- MIDI Panic (
⌘⇧.): silence all notes immediately. - Resets: GM, GS, XG, and MT-32 reset commands.
- Modes: XG Basic (
⌃B), XG Native (⌃N), and SC-55 Map for GM (a toggle). - Rescan MIDI Devices: look for your MIDI devices again and reconnect to the one you have chosen. Use it if a device has gone quiet after being switched off and on again. See My MIDI device has gone quiet.
- PLG-DX Bank Loader: load a DX cartridge. See PLG Daughterboards.
Effects#
- GS: Reverb, Chorus, Delay, EFX, EQ, Drum Kit.
- XG: Reverb, Chorus, Variation, Insertion, Multi-EQ, Drum Kit.
- PLG Boards: PLG-DX, PLG-VL, PLG-SG.
- MT-32 System.
See GS & XG Effect Monitors and MT-32 Support.
Window#
Standard macOS window controls plus a list of PXR's open windows.
PXR MIDI Player (app menu)#
- About, Settings (
⌘,), and Quit.
