Cockpit overview: all hotkeys at a glance.

1 · Layout overview

From top to bottom:

1. Top bar — session timer, master volume slider, preset selector
2. Level sliders — three sliders in the top strip (Mic · Music · Nature), each with a dB readout
3. Phase buttons — four tiles (Intro / Middle / Climax / Outro) + Soft Stop
4. Nature sounds — collapsible row of 5 tiles directly below the phase buttons, collapsed by default (see the dedicated guide)
5. Playlist shelf — current phase + previous/next tracks of preset playlist
6. Anchor buttons — six trigger buttons (Anchor 1–6) for the anchoring technique
7. Up-next display — bottom bar with the "Now playing" and "Up next" cards; shows match percentage and countdown when a change is pending
8. Microphone & mode — bottom row: mute button, level meter and the name of the active microphone on the left, the Loop/Playlist mode toggle on the right

2 · Hotkeys

On QWERTY keyboards (US/UK layout), Y also fires anchor 6 — the same physical key position as Z on a German QWERTZ keyboard.

Hotkeys do not fire when the cursor is in an input field — no accidental phase changes while typing.

3 · Phase buttons in detail

Four tiles, each with its own icon and hotkey label top-right:

• Intro (hotkey 1) — start of the session, trance induction
• Middle (hotkey 2) — deepening, main work
• Climax (hotkey 3) — emotional peak, core work
• Outro (hotkey 4) — winding down, integration, returning

Click or hotkey either fires a quantised transition (wait 4/8/16 bars until the crossfade — visible in the "Up next" card of the bottom bar with a countdown) or an immediate crossfade, depending on the quantisation setting. Default 8 bars = clean transitions on musical boundaries.

Re-clicking an already active phase

If a phase is already playing and you click it again (or hit its hotkey again): instant crossfade to the next track in the phase playlist. Useful when you want to skip the current track without waiting for it to end. Repeated presses cycle through the list: track 1 → track 2 → track 3 → back to track 1.

Clicking a chip in the playlist shelf

The playlist shelf below the phase buttons shows the tracks of the active phase as small chips. Click on a chip = direct jump to that exact track (also backwards in the list). Useful when you want to see what's playing or jump to a specific track.

4 · Mode toggle: Loop or Playlist

At the bottom right of the cockpit sits the "Mode" toggle with two positions:

• Loop — the current track keeps playing endlessly until you press the phase button again (classic DJ behaviour).
• Playlist — the tracks of the phase play through automatically, one after another, without you clicking anything.

The default comes from the active preset; in the cockpit you can switch at any time — the change takes effect at the next automatic advance.

The "Up next" display

All transition info lives in the bottom bar: on the left, the "Now playing" card shows phase, track and BPM/key of the current piece; in the middle sits the crossfade arrow with the match percentage; on the right, the "Up next" card shows the upcoming track. As soon as a transition is pending (phase change or next playlist track), the right card additionally shows: a kind badge (music or nature sound), the match score in percent, a live countdown ("in 4.2s") and a cancel button — if the app auto-adjusts pitch or tempo, that's shown too. The card border changes colour with match quality: green from 80%, blue in between, orange below 60%. You can also cancel with Esc.

5 · Soft Stop

Soft Stop (hotkey Space) gently fades the master volume to 0 over the time set in Settings (default 2 sec) — any running nature sounds always fade out with it. Unlike a hard stop: no click, no abrupt silence shock for the client. Stops the session recording too if active and finalises the MP3 file. Soft Stop is the only way to end a session — otherwise timer and recording keep running.

6 · Anchor buttons

Six dedicated buttons in the anchor area. Hotkeys Q · W · E · R · T · Z (on QWERTY keyboards, Y also fires anchor 6). Click plays a short sound (1-3 sec) ON TOP of the running music, without crossfade. Detailed guide in the anchor sounds topic.

7 · Level sliders: Master, Music, Mic, Nature

The master slider in the top bar controls overall volume across all audio paths (music + mic monitor + anchor sounds). Alongside it, the cockpit has three dedicated sliders, each with a dB readout of the set value:

• Music — adjusts only the music (louder/quieter), affects both your speakers AND the recording; voice and anchor sounds stay untouched.
• Mic — adjusts your voice level. It's the same setting as Settings → Microphone — turn it here and the value changes there too (and vice versa). So you can correct it mid-session without leaving the cockpit.
• Nature — level of the nature-sounds layer, independent from the music slider; also applies to the recording.

Recommendation: set it slightly lower than usual at the start of the session — clients in trance hear more intensely.

Related: Anchor sounds · Nature sounds · Phases & transitions · Stream Deck