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.

The global hotkey can be configured in the Settings.

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	Space bar
Move selected slider (Standard increment)	←, →
Move selected slider (Large increment)	Shift-←, Shift-→
De-select current item	Escape (Esc)
Select default output device	Cmd-0
Select default input device	Cmd-Hyphen (-)
Select favorite application	Cmd-1 through Cmd-9

Item-Specific Navigation

When an individual item 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 effect	Cmd-Delete
Jump to Effects list	Cmd-E
Bypass Effects	Opt-Cmd-B
Toggle selected effect on/off	Cmd-B
Move selected item up in list	Option-↑
Move selected item down in list	Option-↓

Additional Keyboard Controls

Whenever SoundSource's main window is in focus, several additional shortcuts will also work.

Open Settings	Cmd-,
Close Window	Cmd-W
Quit SoundSource	Cmd-Q

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