Chapter 1: Introduction to Pro Tools Shortcuts 1 Chapter 1: Introduction to Pro Tools Shortcuts For increased operational speed and ease of use, there are many ProTools® Software keyboard and Right-click shortcuts to give you fast access to a wide variety of Pro Tools. Shortcut keyboard for Avid Pro Tools - Edit like never before and save hours of editing with shortcut keyboards for Avid Pro Tools. Meet ALBA - our dedicated Apple® shortcut keyboard With a built-in chip made specifically for macOS®, the new ALBA shortcut keyboard is pure plug & play. No need for drivers and tedious setup. Pro Tools Keyboard Shortcuts for Creating, Playing, and Recording a New Track. Recording audio is what Pro Tools does best (well, that and editing it). This article guides you through the keyboard shortcuts for creating and recording a new track, as well as playing it back. To create a new track: Press Apple Command+N (Mac) or Ctrl+N (PC). Choose either ultra-thin silicone keyboard covers or full-sized KB Keyboard designed for Pro Tools featuring important and popular keyboard shortcuts for Mac. 122 time-saving Hotkeys for Pro Tools. Extensive, exportable, wiki-style reference lists for Keyboard Shortcuts/Hotkeys.
Comprehensive list of Pro Tools shortcuts can be found in 'Pro Tools Shortcuts Guide' (part of Pro Tools documentation).
| 1. File Menu | |
|---|---|
| ⌘+N | New session... |
| ⌘+O | Open session... |
| ⌘+Shift+O | Open recent |
| ⌘+Shift+W | Close session |
| ⌘+S | Save |
| ⌘+Option+B | Bounce to - Disk... |
| Option+Shift+I | Import - Session data... |
| ⌘+Shift+I | Import - Audio... |
| ⌘+Option+I | Import - MIDI... |
| ⌘+Option+Shift+I | Import - Video... |
| ⌘+P | Print score... |
| ⌘+Q | Exit |
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| 2. Edit Menu | |
|---|---|
| ⌘+Z | Undo |
| ⌘+Shift+Z | Redo |
| ⌘+Option+Z | Restore last selection |
| ⌘+X | Cut |
| ⌘+C | Copy |
| ⌘+V | Paste |
| ⌘+B | Clear |
| Ctrl+Shift+X | Cut special - Cut clip gain |
| Ctrl+Shift+C | Copy special - Copy clip gain |
| Option+M | Paste special - Merge |
| ⌘+Option+V | Paste special - Repeat to fill selection |
| ⌘+Ctrl+V | Paste special - To current automation type |
| Ctrl+Shift+B | Clear special - Clear clip gain |
| ⌘+A | Select all |
| Option+Shift+5 | Selection - Change timeline to match edit |
| Option+Shift+6 | Selection - Change edit to match timeline |
| Option+[ | Selection - Play edit |
| Option+] | Selection - Play timeline |
| ⌘+D | Duplicate |
| Option+R | Repeat... |
| Option+H | Shift... |
| ⌘+Shift+E | Insert silence |
| ⌘+T | Trim clip - To selection |
| Option+Shift+7 | Trim clip - Start to selection |
| Option+Shift+8 | Trim clip - End to selection |
| ⌘+E | Separate clip - At selection |
| ⌘+H | Heal separation |
| Option+Shift+3 | Consolidate clip |
| ⌘+M | Mute clips |
| ⌘+U | Strip silence |
| Option+Shift+U | TCE edit to timeline selection |
| ⌘+Option+H | Automation - Copy to send... |
| ⌘+Option+T | Automation - Thin |
| ⌘+/ | Automation - Write to current |
| ⌘+Option+/ | Automation - Write to all enabled |
| ⌘+Shift+/ | Automation - Trim to current |
| ⌘+Option+Shift+/ | Automation - Trim to all enabled |
| Option+/ | Automation - Glide to current |
| Option+Shift+/ | Automation - Glide to all enabled |
| ⌘+F | Fades - Create... |
| Option+D | Fades - Fade to start |
| Option+G | Fades - Fade to end |
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| 3. View Menu | |
|---|---|
| ⌘+Option+M | Narrow mix |
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| 4. Track Menu | |
|---|---|
| ⌘+Shift+N | New... |
| ⌘+G | Group... |
| Option+Shift+D | Duplicate... |
| Option+K | Set record tracks to input only |
| ⌘+Option+F | Scroll to track... |
| Option+C | Clear all clip indicators |
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| 5. Clip Menu | |
|---|---|
| ⌘+L | Edit lock/unlock |
| Option+Ctrl+L | Time lock/unlock |
| Option+Shift+B | Send to back |
| Option+Shift+F | Bring to front |
| ⌘+Option+Ctrl+NumPad0 | Rating - None |
| ⌘+Option+Ctrl+NumPad1..5 | Rating - 1..5 |
| ⌘+Option+G | Group |
| ⌘+Option+U | Ungroup |
| ⌘+Option+R | Regroup |
| ⌘+Option+L | Loop... |
| ⌘+R | Capture... |
| ⌘+Option+Shift+R | Rename... |
| ⌘+, | Identify/Remove sync point |
| ⌘+0 (zero) | Quantize to grid |
| Option+NumPad5 | Elastic properties |
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| 6. Event Menu | |
|---|---|
| Option+NumPad1 | Time operations - Time operations window |
| Option+NumPad2 | Tempo operations - Tempo operations window |
| Option+NumPad3 | Event operations - Event operations window |
| Option+0 (zero) | Event operations - Quantize... |
| Option+P | Event operations - Change duration... |
| Option+T | Event operations - Transpose... |
| Option+Y | Event operations - Select/split notes... |
| Option+NumPad4 | MIDI real-time properties |
| ⌘+NumPad8 | Beat detective |
| ⌘+I | Identify beat... |
| ⌘+Shift+. | All MIDI notes off |
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| 7. Options Menu | |
|---|---|
| Option+L | Loop record |
| ⌘+Shift+P | QuickPunch |
| ⌘+Shift+T | TrackPunch |
| ⌘+J | Transport online |
| ⌘+Shift+J | Video track online |
| ⌘+K | Pre/post-roll |
| ⌘+Shift+L | Loop playback |
| ⌘+Ctrl+P | Dynamic transport |
| Shift+/ | Link timeline and edit selection |
| ⌘+Option+P | Auto-spot clips |
| Ctrl+Shift+T | Edit/Tool mode keyboard lock |
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| 8. Setup Menu | |
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| ⌘+NumPad2 | Session |
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| 9. Window Menu | |
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| ⌘+Option+J | Configurations - Window configuration list |
| ⌘+Option+Ctrl+W | Hide all floating windows |
| ⌘+W | Close window |
| ⌘+= | Mix |
| Ctrl+= | MIDI editor |
| Option+Ctrl+= | Score editor |
| Option+= | MIDI event list |
| Option+N | MIDI editors - Bring to front |
| Option+Shift+N | MIDI editors - Send to back |
| Option+' | Task manager |
| Option+; | Workspace |
| Option+O | Project |
| Option+J | Browsers - Bring to front |
| Option+Shift+J | Browsers - Send to back |
| ⌘+NumPad1 | Transport |
| ⌘+NumPad3 | Big counter |
| ⌘+NumPad4 | Automation |
| ⌘+NumPad5 | Memory locations |
| ⌘+NumPad7 | Video universe |
| ⌘+NumPad9 | Video |
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| 10. Misc. | |
|---|---|
| Shift+Space | Half-speed playback |
| ⌘+Shift+Space, Shift+F12 | Half-speed record |
| Ctrl+Option+⌘+Up or Down Arrow Key | Resizes all tracks to the same size in the Edit window |
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