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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.
Last updated: 2026-07-25