Keyboard Controls
To make lightning-fast adjustments to your audio, SoundSource can be controlled entirely from your keyboard. This page provides a comprehensive overview of the keyboard controls available in SoundSource.
Show SoundSource
With the Show SoundSource global hotkey, you can bring SoundSource forward from anywhere on your Mac. Doing so will place focus on the SoundSource window, enabling you to view the current settings and use additional keyboard controls to adjust them.
For more details on the Show SoundSource global hotkey, see the Preferences page.
General Navigation
When SoundSource's main window is in focus, several controls will work to navigate around the application's main window:
Cycle through visible controls | Tab, Shift-Tab |
Adjust selected control | Spacebar |
Move selected slider (Standard increment) | ←, → |
Move selected slider (Large increment) | Shift-←, Shift-→ |
De-select current item | Escape (Esc) |
Source-Specific Navigation
When a specific Source is selected in the top-level list, the following keyboard controls can also be used on it:
Increase volume | Cmd-↑ |
Decrease volume | Cmd-↓ |
Mute/Unmute | Shift-Cmd-↓ |
Open Effects area | → |
Close Effects area | ← |
Remove selected application or effect | Cmd-Delete |
Jump to Audio Unit list | Cmd-E |
Toggle selected Audio Unit effect on/off | Cmd-B |
Move selected application up in the list | Option-↑ |
Move selected application down in the list | Option-↓ |
Additional Keyboard Controls
Whenever SoundSource's main window is in focus, several additional shortcuts will also work.
Open Preferences | Cmd-, |
Close Window | Cmd-W |
Quit SoundSource | Cmd-Q |