Wavy Wayne’ s 100 Most Useful ProTools Shortcuts

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Global Shortcuts Affect:

• Automation mode • Monitor mode • playlist enable • record, solo and mute enable • record and solo safes • inserting
plug-ins • I/O, bus, send assignment • volume/peak indicator • extend Edit or Timeline selection • track height • clear
clip meter

Action Mac Windows

Change parameter on all Channel Strips Option+applicable function Alt+applicable function
Change parameter on all selected channel Option+Shift+applicable function Alt+Shift+applicable function
strips

Fine Adjustment

Pro Tools provides global keyboard shortcuts for the following types of fine adjustment:

• Plug-in parameter editing • fader movement • scrubbing • automation data trimming • Clip Gain • MIDI Control data
Action Mac Windows
Fine tune an item Command-click on applicable Control-click on applicable
fader/pot/breakpoint function fader/pot/breakpoint function

Selection

Pro Tools provides global keyboard shortcuts for selecting the following items: • Tracks • Clips in Clip List • paths in
I/O Setup

Action Mac Windows

Select multiple contiguous Click to select the first item, then Click to select the first item, then
items (tracks, Clips, paths) Shift-Click another to select all Shift-Click another to select all
in-between in-between
Select multiple Click to select first item, then Click to select first item, then
non-contiguous items (tracks, Command-click to select the next Control-click another to select the
Clips, paths) item next item

Commands Keyboard Focus Shortcuts

Action Command Focus Shortcut

Move Edit Insertion To Next Track ;
Move Edit Insertion To Previous P
Track
Trim Clip Start To Cursor A
Separate B
Copy C
Paste V
Cut X
Zoom Toggle E
Toggle Insertion Follows Playback N
Zoom In Horizontal T
Zoom Out Horizontal R
Undo Z
Redo Shift+ Z
Toggle Playlist View Mode -

Edit Window and Mix Window Keyboard Shortcuts

Action Mac Windows
Start/stop playback Spacebar Spacebar
Half-speed playback Shift+Spacebar Shift+Spacebar
Solo-safe track Command-click on track Solo Ctrl-click on track Solo

Recording

Action Mac Windows

Start record Command+Spacebar, F12, Ctrl+Spacebar, or F12, or 3
or 3 (on numeric keypad)* (on numeric keypad)
Enter/Exit record during playback in Quick Punch Command+Spacebar, F12, Ctrl+Spacebar, F12, or click
or click Transport Record Transport Record Enable
button* button

Transport Mode (Numeric Keypad)

The following shortcuts apply when you select Numeric Keypad: Transport in the Operations Preferences page

Action Mac Windows

Play/Stop 0 0
Rewind 1 1
Fast Forward 2 2
Record Enable 3 3
Loop Playback mode on/off 4 4
Loop Record mode on/off 5 5
QuickPunch mode on/off 6 6
Click on/off 7 7
Countoff on/off 8 8
MIDI Merge/Replace mode on/off 9 9

Edit Modes and Edit Tools

Action Mac Windows
Cycle through Edit modes Single Open Quote (‘) key, Single Open Quote (‘) key,
located above the Tab key located above the Tab key
Shuffle mode F1, or Option+1 (on computer F1, or Alt+1 (on computer
keyboard) keyboard)
Slip mode F2, or Option+2 (on computer F2, or Alt+2 (on computer
keyboard) keyboard)
Spot mode F3, or Option+3 (on computer F3, or Alt+3 (on computer
keyboard) keyboard)
Grid mode F4, or Option+4 F4,or Alt+4 (on computer
keyboard)
Toggle between Grid and Slip modes Command-click with any edit tool Command-click with any edit
while editing tool
Cycle through Edit tools Escape (Esc) key Escape (Esc) key, or
Center-click
Smart Tool F6+F7, F7+F8, or F6+F7, F7+F8, or Ctrl+7
Command+7 (on computer (on computer keyboard)
keyboard)

Editing, Nudging, and Trimming

Acion Mac Windows
Nudge back by next Nudge value (Nudge Minus (–) key (on numeric Minus (–) key (on numeric
Edit selection and any Clips entirely inside keypad), or Comma (,) (in keypad), or Comma (,) (in
the Edit selection) Commands Keyboard Focus) Commands Keyboard Focus)
Nudge forward by next Nudge value Plus (+) key (on numeric Plus (+) key (on numeric
(Nudge Edit selection and any Clips keypad), or Period (.) (in keypad), or Period (.) (in
entirely inside the Edit selection) Commands Keyboard Focus) Commands Keyboard Focus)
Reverse Trimmer tool direction when Option+Trimmer tool Alt+Trimmer tool
trimming Clip
Duplicate Clip(s) in Edit Window Option-click selection and Alt-click selection and drag to
drag to destination or destination or Ctrl+D
Command+D
Constrain audio Clip to vertical movement Control-click to move audio Start-click to move audio Clip
Clip with Grabber tool with Grabber tool
Mute and Unmute clips in edit window Command+M Control+M

Zoom
Action Mac Windows
Horizontal zoom in or out Command+ ] or [ Ctrl+ ] or [
Continuously zoom vertically on a single Control+drag with the Start-drag with the Zoomer tool
audio track (or group of tracks) Zoomer tool up or down in the up or down in the track
track
Zoom Vertically on all audio tracks Control+ Option and Up and Start + Alt and up or down with
down with arrow keys arrow keys

Memory Locations and Markers

Action Mac Windows

Create Memory Location Enter (on numeric keypad) Enter (on numeric keypad)
Edit a Memory Location Control-click on Memory Location Start-click on Memory
marker Location marker
Delete Memory Location Option-click on a Memory Location Alt-click on a Memory
marker Location marker
Recall a Memory Location using the numeric Period (.)+Memory Location Period (.)+Memory
keypad number+Period (.) (Transport or Location
Shuttle mode), number+Period (.)
or Memory Location number+ (Transport or
Period (.) (Classic mode) Shuttle mode),
or Memory Location
number+
Period (.) (Classic mode)

Fades
Action Mac Windows
Create Fades (open Fades Command+F Ctrl+F
dialog)
Fade to Start Control+D Start+D
Fade to End Control+G Start+G

Add New Tracks

Acion Mac Windows
Add a new track of the same type and channel width Double-click empty area of Double-click empty area of
as the last new track (Audio, Aux,Instrument, VCA the Mix or Edit windows, or the Mix or Edit windows,
Master, MIDI, or Master Fader) Tracks list or Tracks list

Add a new Audio track of the same channel width as Command-double-click Control-double-click empty
the last new track empty area of Mix or Edit area of Mix or Edit
windows, or Tracks list windows, or Tracks list
Add a new Auxiliary Input track of the same channel Control-double-click empty Start-double-click empty
width as the last new track area of Mix or Edit windows, area
or Tracks list of the Mix or Edit windows,
or
Tracks lis
Add a new Master Fader track of the same channel Shift-double-click empty Shift-double-click empty
width as the last new track area area
of Mix or Edit windows, or of the Mix or Edit windows,
Tracks list or
Tracks list
Add a new stereo Instrument track Option-double-click empty Alt-double-click empty
area of Mix or Edit windows, area
or Tracks list of the Mix or Edit windows,
or
Tracks list
Pro Tools Menus Keyboard Shortcuts

File menu
Action Mac Windows
New Session Command+N Ctrl+N
Open Session Command+O Ctrl+O
Bounce to Disk Command+Option+B Ctrl+Alt+B
Import Audio Command+Shift+I Ctrl+Shift+I

Edit Menu

Action Mac Windows

Undo Command+Z Ctrl+Z
Redo Command+Shift+Z Ctrl+Shift+Z
Restore Last Selection Command+Option+Z Ctrl+Alt+Z
Cut Command+X Ctrl+X
Copy Command+C Ctrl+C
Paste Command+V Ctrl+V
Clear Command+B Ctrl+B
Select All Command+A Ctrl+A
Trim Clip to Selection Command+T Ctrl+T
Heal Separation Command+H Ctrl+H
Consolidate Clip Option+Shift+3 Alt+Shift+3
Mute/Unmute Clips Command+M Ctrl+M
Strip Silence Command+U Ctrl+U

Track Menu
Action Mac Windows
New Track Command+Shift+N Ctrl+Shift+N
Group Tracks Command+G (with two or Ctrl+G (with two or more
more tracks selected) tracks selected)
Duplicate Tracks Option+Shift+D Alt+Shift+D
Clear all Clip indicators Option+C Alt+C

Clip Menu
Action Mac Windows
Lock/Unlock Clips Command+L Ctrl+L
Group Clips Command+Option+G Ctrl+Alt+G
Ungroup Clips Command+Option+U Ctrl+Alt+U
Regroup Clips Command+Option+R Ctrl+Alt+R

Window Menu
Action Mac Windows
Toggle Mix and Edit windows Command+Equal (=) Ctrl+Equal (=)
Show Transport Command+1 Ctrl+1
(on numeric keypad) (on numeric keypad)
Show Big Counter Command+3 Ctrl+3
(on numeric keypad) (on numeric keypad)
Show Automation Enable Command+4 Ctrl+4
(on numeric keypad) (on numeric keypad)
Show Memory Locations Command+5 Ctrl+5
(on numeric keypad) (on numeric keypad)