Session Set-Up and Navigation
| Shortcut | Pro Tools |
|---|---|
| New Session | ⌘ N |
| Open Session | ⌘ O |
| Save Session | ⌘ S |
| Save Session As | ⌘ shift S |
| Zoom In | ⌘ [ |
| Zoom Out | ⌘ ] |
| Zoom to Entire session | ⌘ control [ |
| Zoom to Selection | ⌘ control ] (or option F) |
| Increase Track Height | Control up arrow |
| Decrease Track Height | Control down arrow |
| Adjust waveform height | ⌘ option [ or ⌘ option ] |
| Play/Stop | Spacebar |
| Play half speed | Shift spacebar |
| Preroll | ⌘ K |
| Loop playback | ⌘ shift L (or Control-click on transport play button) |
| Scrub Audio | Control then click and drag mouse |
| Skip to next edit | Tab (if Tab to transients is disabled) |
| Skip to previous edit | Option Tab (if Tab to transients is disabled) |
| Go to Start of session | Return |
| Go to End of Session | Option Return |
Recording/Importing/Exporting
| Shortcut | Pro Tools |
|---|---|
| Start Record | Command spacebar, or F12, or 3 on numeric keyboard |
| Stop Record | Spacebar |
| Import Audio | ⌘ shift I |
| Import Session data | Option shift I |
| Export Mix | Highlight in and out time then press ⌘ option B to bounce-to-disk |
| Export Selected Audio | ⌘ K (or use bounce as above) |
Editing
| Shortcut | Pro Tools |
|---|---|
| Set Edit In point | Down Arrow |
| Set Edit Out point | Up Arrow |
| Split audio at Cursor (or spilt selected area) | ⌘ E |
| Cut Selected Area and close gap | ⌘ X or Delete (in shuffle mode) |
| Cut Selected Area and leave gap | Delete (in slip mode) |
| Insert Audio | ⌘ V (in shuffle mode) |
| Copy | ⌘ C |
| Paste Audio | ⌘ V |
| Replace highlighted audio | ⌘ V (in shuffle mode) |
| Duplicate highlighted audio | ⌘ D |
| Make Crossfade from selection | ⌘ F (opens fade window), ⌘ control F (uses default fade) |
| Fade Out from cursor to segment end | Option G |
| Fade In from cursor to segment end | Option D |
| Consolidate Clips | Option shift 3 |
| Nudge Clip | Fn control < fn control > (on compact keyboard) + or – (on extended keyboard ) |
| Change Nudge value | ⌘ option +/- |
| Move clip vertically to new track | Control drag with grabber tool |
| Auto-Level selected clip | No equivalent |
Selecting
| Shortcut | Pro Tools |
|---|---|
| Select from current segment to end | Option shift return |
| Select from current segment to beginning | Shift return |
| Group Tracks | Shift-click or command-click on track names to be made a group. Press ⌘ G |
| Ungroup Tracks | Shift ⌘ G to suspend all groups deselect group name in groups window |
| Select contiguous clips | Shift-click on last adjacent clip |
| Select non contiguous clips | ⌘ click on clips |
| Group highlighted clips | ⌘ option G |
| Ungroup selected clips | ⌘ option U |
| Mute/Unmute clips | ⌘ M |
| Lock/Unlock clips | ⌘ L |
| Play selection | Option [ |
Markers
| Shortcut | Pro Tools |
|---|---|
| Add marker | Enter (on numeric keyboard) fn Return (on compact keyboard) |
| Go to marker | . marker number . (on numeric keyboard) |