Pro Tools tools help you sound like a recording pro with the help of a whole catalogue of keyboard shortcuts to help you sound great faster. The Pro Tools shortcut repertoire includes keyboard combinations to help you create, record, and play music as well as edit it.
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Pro Tools Keyboard Shortcuts to Create, Play, and Record Music
If you’re using Pro Tools, you’re all about the sound, not about the mousing around. Use the shortcut options in the following lists to streamline your efforts and speed up your work.
To create a new track: Press Apple command key+N (Mac) or Ctrl+N (PC).
To start or stop playing a session: Press the spacebar.
To enable tracks to record:
To record-enable a single track: Click the Record Enable button in either the track’s channel strip (in the Mix window) or the track menu (in the Edit window). The button blinks red when engaged.
To record-enable all tracks: Option-click (Mac) or Alt-click (PC) the Record Enable button on any track.
To record-enable selected tracks: Shift-click to select the tracks you want in the playlist and then Shift+Option-click (Mac) or Shift+Alt-click (PC) the Record Enable button for one of the selected tracks.
To start recording in your session (instead of clicking Record and then Play):
Press the F12 key.
Press Apple command key+spacebar (Mac) or Ctrl+spacebar (PC).
If you have the Number Keypad mode set to Transport in the Operations tab of the Preferences dialog box, press the 3 of the keypad. Choose Setup→Preferences from the main menu to access the Preferences dialog box.
To stop recording the session: Press the spacebar.
To place a track in Record Safe mode: Apple command key-click (Mac) or Ctrl-click (PC) the Record Enable button for the track.
To place all tracks in Record Safe mode: Apple command key+Option-click (Mac) or Ctrl+Alt-click (PC) the Record Enable button for any track.
To toggle between Record modes (Non-destructive, Destructive, Loop, QuickPunch): Control-click (Mac) or right-click (PC) the Record button in the Transport window.
To enter and exit recording while in QuickPunch Record mode (while the session plays): Press Apple command key+spacebar (Mac) or Ctrl+spacebar (PC).
To set and enable a pre-roll: Option-click (Mac) or Alt-click (PC) the track’s playlist where you want to put the pre-roll.
To set and enable a post-roll: Option-click (Mac) or Alt-click (PC) the track’s playlist where you want to put the post-roll.
To stop recording and cancel a take: Press Apple command key+. (period; Mac) or Alt+. (period; PC).
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Pro Tools Keyboard Shortcuts to Make Selections, Edit, and Zoom
You use Pro Tools as a sound engineering tool. Sound engineering is often sound editing, and to do that efficiently, Pro Tools includes keyboard shortcuts to help you edit faster and zoom louder.
To make a selection while your session plays:
Press the down arrow to set the selection’s start point.
Press the up arrow to set the selection’s end point.
To nudge a selection’s start point: Press Option+Shift+– (minus key; Mac) or Alt+Shift+– (minus key; PC).
To nudge a selection’s end point: Press Apple command key+Shift+– (minus key; Mac) or Ctrl+Shift+– (minus key; PC).
To change the nudge value:
Press Apple command key+Option++ (plus key on the number section of keyboard; Mac) or Ctrl+Alt++ (plus key on the number pad; PC) for more nudge value.
Press Apple command key+Option+– (minus key on the number section of keyboard; Mac) or Ctrl+Alt+– (minus key on the number pad; PC) for less nudge.
To choose Edit modes:
Shuffle: Press F1.
Slip: Press F2.
Spot: Press F3.
Grid: Press F4.
To choose Edit Tools
Zoom: Press F5.
Trimmer: Press F6.
Selector: Press F7.
Grabber: Press F8.
Scrubber: Press F9.
Pencil: Press F10.
Smart Tool: Press F6 and F7 simultaneously.
To select Zoom presets
Preset #1: Press Control+1 (Mac) or Windows key+1 (PC).
Preset #2: Press Control+2 (Mac) or Windows key+2 (PC).
Preset #3: Press Control+3 (Mac) or Windows key+3 (PC).
Preset #4: Press Control+4 (Mac) or Windows key+4 (PC).
Preset #5: Press Control+5 (Mac) or Windows key+5 (PC).
To change the grid value
Press Control+Option++ (plus key on the number pad; Mac) or Start/Windows+Alt++ (plus key on the number pad; PC) to increase grid value.
Press Control+Option+– (minus key on the number pad; Mac) or Windows key+Alt+– (minus key on the number pad; PC) to decrease grid value.
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