There may be variations in keyboard shortcuts between versions of OctaMED (last one I used was v3 - given away with CU Amiga). but here's another link to more documentation. It's looooong (v6 though... which version you using?) but there are lots of shortcuts listed about 3/4 down the page:
http://cd.textfiles.com/amigaformat/.../OctaMED.guide
Listed them below too:
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@REMARK
@REMARK KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
@REMARK
@NODE KeybShorts "Keyboard Shortcuts"
"Keyboard shortcuts" are combinations of keys used to carry out the
equivalent of a mouse operation.
Menu item shortcuts are displayed in the menu itself, as a strange-looking
"A" and a letter. All menu shortcuts are accessed by holding down the Right
Amiga key and pressing the appropriate key. The "A" symbol represents the
Right Amiga key, and the letter represents the appropriate key.
Shortcuts can also be attached to gadgets in windows. These shortcuts are
accessed by holding down the Left Alt key and pressing the appropriate key.
This time, the appropriate key is represented by an underlined letter in or
beside the gadget that the shortcut acts on. This type of shortcut can only
be accessed when the window or main screen containing the gadget is active.
The effect of shortcuts on the various types of gadget in the user
interface can be found in @{"Gadget Shortcuts" LINK key_gadgets}.
Other shortcuts are not visually represented on the OctaMED screen, but
have to be remembered by the user. A full list of shortcuts is provided in
the following topics:
@{" Menu Item Shortcuts " LINK key_menus}
@{" Editing Shortcuts " LINK key_edit}
@{" Cursor Movement Shortcuts " LINK key_cursmove}
@{" Other Shortcuts " LINK key_others}
@{" IMPORTANT NOTE FOR USERS OF NON-U.S. AND NON-BRITISH KEYBOARDS " LINK key_international}
(You can edit and view keyboard shortcuts in the @{"Keyboard Shortcuts window" LINK win_keybshorts})
@ENDNODE
@NODE key_menus "Menu Item Shortcuts"
All keys listed have to be pressed with the Right Amiga key held. Note that
you may only use these shortcuts when the main screen is active.
A Open Input Map Editor window
B Open Block Properties window
C Copy track
D Delete file
E Note echo
F Spread notes
G Open MIDI Message Editor window
H Open Song Options window
I Load instrument(s)
K Open Keyboard Options window
L Open Sample List Editor window
M MIDI Active on/off
N New project
O Open project
P Open Print Options window
Q Quit OctaMED
R Open Relative Track Volumes window
S Open Save Options window
T Open Transpose window
U Input Active on/off
V Paste track
W Open Mouse Options window
X Cut track
Y Open Programmable Keys window
Z Swap track with copy buffer
1 Ext Sync on/off
2 Send Sync on/off
3 Send Active Sensing on/off
4 Send Out Input on/off
5 Read Key Up's on/off
6 Read Volume on/off
\ Open Input Channel window
[ Local Control on
] Local Control off
. Command Shell
? About
Other menu item shortcuts (excluding settings) are documented in the other
@{"keyboard shortcut" LINK KeybShorts} topics.
@ENDNODE
@NODE key_gadgets "Gadget Shortcuts"
This short topic describes the effects of "Left Alt" shortcuts on the two
types of gadget that Left Alt shortcuts currently affect. (The Left Alt
qualifier can be changed in @{"Miscellaneous Options" LINK win_miscopts})
Gadget Type | Effect on holding Left Alt
---------------------+------------------------------
Action button | Action executed
|
Check box | Box checked / unchecked
|
Text / Numeric box | Box activated
|
Cycle gadget | Cycles forwards }
| (Shift-Alt cycles backwards) } Only available
| } under Kickstart
Slider | Increases value } 3.0 and higher
| (Shift-Alt decreases value) }
@ENDNODE
@NODE key_edit "Editing Shortcuts"
These shortcuts are used in editing with the Tracker editor.
Esc Edit mode on/off
Shift-Esc Chord mode on/off
~ Space mode on/off
Del Delete note or command digit under cursor
Shift-Del Delete note and command digits
Alt-Del Delete only command digits
Left Amiga-Del Delete chord. When L-Amiga is held down, every time
you press Del the note under the cursor is deleted
and the cursor moves to the next selected track. When
L-Amiga is released, the cursor advances (as defined
in the @{"Keyboard Options window" LINK win_keybopts 3}).
Return or A Insert hold symbol (-|-)
Shift-Return Insert hold symbols to all tracks of the previous
chord.
F Insert / play note at default pitch
Backspace Delete note and move following notes up
Shift-Backsp Insert empty note slot
Alt-Backspace Delete current track
Alt-Shift-Bksp Insert new track
*NEW* Amiga-Backsp Delete line
*NEW* Sh-Amiga-Bksp Insert line
Shift- 0 - 9 Enter programmable key 0 - 9
Shift-Ctrl-0-9 Pick note under cursor as programmable key 0 - 9
Tab Highlight current line
*NEW* Shift-Tab Cycle command pages
Ctrl-O Create volume slide (using command 0C)
Shift-Ctrl-O Create generic slide (using any command)
Ctrl-T Create type 1 slide (using command 03)
Shift-Ctrl-T Create type 2 slide (using commands 01 and 02)
*NEW* Shift-Alt-Z Swap block
Shift-Alt-X Cut block
Shift-Alt-C Copy block
Shift-Alt-V Paste block
Ctrl-Z Erase range
Ctrl-X Cut range
Ctrl-C Copy range
Ctrl-V Paste range
Shift-Ctrl-V Paste to selected tracks
Ctrl-B Range current track
Shift-Ctrl-B Range current block
Ctrl-J Join block with next
Shift-Ctrl-J Split block at cursor
Ctrl- < Swap note under cursor with following note, taking
account of the current spacing value
Ctrl- > Swap notes on adjacent tracks
Ctrl-K Kill notes to end of track
Shift-Ctrl-K Kill notes to end of block
Alt-Ctrl-K Kill notes to end of block and actually remove the
deleted part of the block. In other words, the
current line becomes the last line of the block.
@ENDNODE
@NODE key_cursmove "Cursor Movement Shortcuts"
These shortcuts allow cursor movement in the Tracker editor. The cursor
keys move the cursor one place up/down/left/right.
Alt-<left> Cursor to previous track
Alt-<right> Cursor to next track
Ctrl-<left> Previous screenful of tracks
Ctrl-<right> Next screenful of tracks
Shift-Ctrl-<left> Cursor to track 0
Shift-Ctrl-<right> Cursor to last track
Shift-<up> Previous block
Shift-<down> Next block
Left Alt-<up> First block
Left Alt-<down> Last block
*NEW* Right Alt-<up> Up *one* line, whether or not Space is on
*NEW* Right Alt-<down> Down *one* line, whether or not Space is on
Ctrl-NK( Previous song (NK = numeric keypad)
Ctrl-NK) Next song / Add song
Shift-Ctrl-NK( Delete last song
Shift-Ctrl-NK) Add song with no confirmation requester
*NEW* Alt-Ctrl-NK( Delete current song
*NEW* Alt-Ctrl-NK) Add and select song (no requester)
F6 Cursor to first line of block
F7 Cursor to second quarter of block
F8 Cursor to middle of block
F9 Cursor to last quarter of block
F10 Cursor to last line of block
Alt-Ctrl-<left> Go to where sample previously appeared in the
song. The sample number is taken from either the
number under the cursor, or (if that is
"--- 00000") from the current instrument number
Alt-Ctrl-<right> Go to where sample next appears in the song
@ENDNODE
@NODE key_others "Other Shortcuts"
Shift-Alt-Space Play song [ Remember you may also use the
Shift-Space Continue song Left Alt shortcuts underlined
Amiga-Space Play block in the @{"playing buttons" LINK main_ctrl } ]
Alt-Space Continue block
Space bar Stop playing
Ctrl-Space bar Reset MIDI presets / pitchbenders / mod. wheels
Shift-<left> Previous sample
Shift-<right> Next sample
Alt-Shift-<left> 16 samples backward
Alt-Shift-<right> 16 samples forward
Shift-Ctrl- < Previous free sample slot
Shift-Ctrl- > Next free sample slot
F1 - F5 Select octaves 1+2 - 5+6 in normal mode,
3+4/2+3/1+2 - 7+8/8+9/9+A in MIDI mode (pressing
F1 and F5 cycles through several octaves)
Ctrl- - (minus) Decrease Tempo slider
Ctrl- + (plus) Increase Tempo slider
Shift-Ctrl- - Decrease TPL / LPB slider
Shift-Ctrl- + Increase TPL / LPB slider
Ctrl-I Insert new block
Shift-Ctrl-I Insert new default block
Ctrl-N Append new block
Shift-Ctrl-N Append new default block
*NEW* Alt-Ctrl-N Append and select new block
*NEW* Shift-Alt-Ctrl-N Append and select new default block
Ctrl-D Delete current block
Shift-Ctrl-D Delete last block
Ctrl-S Save IFF instrument
Shift-Ctrl-S Save raw instrument
Ctrl-G Flush current instrument
Shift-Ctrl-G Flush all unused instruments
Ctrl-A Automatic Advance Down on/off
*NEW* Shift-Ctrl-A Automatic Advance Cursor Right on/off
*NEW* Alt-Ctrl-A Automatic Advance To Next Track on/off
*NEW* Ctrl-W Advance with sound on/off
Ctrl-F Display free memory
Alt-~ Set spacing value to length of current range - 1.
For example, marking a range from 000 - 002 sets
spacing to 2. It's logical to subtract 1 since
with a spacing of 2, the cursor skips from line
000 to 002 which is 3 lines long).
The following shortcuts apply to the numeric keypad.
1 - 9 Selects instruments 1 - 9
The . key Changes the first instrument digit (for example, from 05 to
15 or from 15 to 05)
0 Selects instrument 10
+ Next instrument
- Previous instrument
( Decrease volume of the current instrument by one
) Increase volume of the current instrument by one
/ Select last used instrument
* Pick instrument number nearest the cursor
Enter Activates "alpha-enter": after pressing Enter, press an
alphabetical key (A - V) to select the corresponding
instrument
Ctrl-8 Scroll playing sequence up
Ctrl-2 Scroll playing sequence down
Ctrl-4 Decrease the current playing sequence entry
Ctrl-6 Increase the current playing sequence entry
Ctrl-7 Top of playing sequence
Ctrl-1 Bottom of playing sequence
Ctrl-5 Insert current block to playing sequence
Ctrl-0 Duplicate current playing sequence entry
Ctrl-. Delete current playing sequence entry
* In numeric / text boxes:
Shift-<left> Move to beginning of box (also Ctrl-A)
Shift-<right> Move to end of box (also Ctrl-F)
Amiga-Q Restore box's initial contents
Ctrl-X Delete box's contents (also Amiga-X)
Shift-Bksp Delete from cursor to beginning of box (also Ctrl-U)
Shift-Del Delete from cursor to end of box (also Ctrl-K)
Ctrl-W Delete current word
In addition, the Tab key accepts the edited information (like Return) and
activates the next text or numeric box in the window. Shift-Tab accepts
and activates the previous box. Remember to press Tab, Shift-Tab or
Return after editing a box's contents.
@ENDNODE
Hopefully, the above will assist you further. I've knocked out some tunes in OctaMED back in the day but probably best heard by those who are tone-deaf lol.