Controls
Nightingale supports keyboard, gamepad, and touch input. The UI adapts to your input method automatically.
Navigation
Section titled “Navigation”| Action | Keyboard | Gamepad |
|---|---|---|
| Move | Arrow keys | D-pad / Left stick |
| Confirm / Select | Enter | A (South) |
| Back / Cancel | Escape | B (East) / Start |
| Switch panel | Tab | — |
| Search songs | Type to filter | — |
Playback
Section titled “Playback”| Action | Keyboard | Gamepad |
|---|---|---|
| Pause / Resume | Space | Start |
| Exit to menu | Escape | B (East) |
| Toggle guide vocals | G | — |
| Guide volume up/down | + / - | — |
| Cycle background theme | T | — |
| Cycle video flavor | F | — |
| Toggle microphone | M | — |
| Next microphone | N | — |
| Toggle mic monitoring | R | — |
| Toggle fullscreen | F11 | — |
| Skip Intro / Skip Outro | On-screen buttons | A (South) |
Touch devices show on-screen playback controls for core actions instead of relying on keyboard shortcuts.
Key and tempo are adjusted from the song details sidebar after a song has been analyzed. Playback mode, master volume, lyric placement and scale, pitch-graph scale, CJK romanization, preferred microphone, mic latency compensation, and analysis defaults live in Settings.
Multiplayer
Section titled “Multiplayer”Use the people button beside Play or Play Queue to start a two-to-four-player session. Choose one microphone per singer and either a saved profile or Guest. During multiplayer, M and N are disabled because microphones are assigned to players before playback. See Multiplayer for the full flow.
Gamepad Notes
Section titled “Gamepad Notes”- Full navigation of menus, song selection, and settings via gamepad
- D-pad and left stick both work for navigation
- Face buttons map to confirm (A/South) and cancel (B/East)
Settings Navigation
Section titled “Settings Navigation”Settings use the same navigation model: move between General, Playback, and Analysis tabs, change sliders/selects/buttons, and close or restore defaults without a mouse.