Mac Keyboard Shortcuts For Pro Tools



Write, record, edit, and mix your Pro Tools music files on your Mac faster and easier – without adding a custom external keyboard! This ultra-thin form-fitting keyboard skin includes the most popular color-coded shortcuts right on the keys! So you spend more time creating, producing, and performing your music and less time learning. With EZQuest’s Avid Pro Tools Shortcuts Keyboard Cover, you can edit Avid Pro Tools files faster and easier on your Mac, without purchasing a custom external keyboard. The ultra-thin, silky-soft silicone skin provides superior typing and noise reduction without negatively affecting your typing ability or speed.

Pro Tools Key Shortcuts Mac

Comprehensive list of Pro Tools shortcuts can be found in 'Pro Tools Shortcuts Guide' (part of Pro Tools documentation).

1. File Menu
+NNew session...
+OOpen session...
+Shift+OOpen recent
+Shift+WClose session
+SSave
+Option+BBounce to - Disk...
Option+Shift+IImport - Session data...
+Shift+IImport - Audio...
+Option+IImport - MIDI...
+Option+Shift+IImport - Video...
+PPrint score...
+QExit

▲ up

2. Edit Menu
+ZUndo
+Shift+ZRedo
+Option+ZRestore last selection
+XCut
+CCopy
+VPaste
+BClear
Ctrl+Shift+XCut special - Cut clip gain
Ctrl+Shift+CCopy special - Copy clip gain
Option+MPaste special - Merge
+Option+VPaste special - Repeat to fill selection
+Ctrl+VPaste special - To current automation type
Ctrl+Shift+BClear special - Clear clip gain
+ASelect all
Option+Shift+5Selection - Change timeline to match edit
Option+Shift+6Selection - Change edit to match timeline
Option+[Selection - Play edit
Option+]Selection - Play timeline
+DDuplicate
Option+RRepeat...
Option+HShift...
+Shift+EInsert silence
+TTrim clip - To selection
Option+Shift+7Trim clip - Start to selection
Option+Shift+8Trim clip - End to selection
+ESeparate clip - At selection
+HHeal separation
Option+Shift+3Consolidate clip
+MMute clips
+UStrip silence
Option+Shift+UTCE edit to timeline selection
+Option+HAutomation - Copy to send...
+Option+TAutomation - 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
+FFades - Create...
Option+DFades - Fade to start
Option+GFades - Fade to end

▲ up

Mac Keyboard Shortcuts For Pro Tools
3. View Menu
+Option+MNarrow mix

▲ up

4. Track Menu
+Shift+NNew...
+GGroup...
Option+Shift+DDuplicate...
Option+KSet record tracks to input only
+Option+FScroll to track...
Option+CClear all clip indicators
KeyboardPro tools mac keyboard shortcuts

▲ up

5. Clip Menu
+LEdit lock/unlock
Option+Ctrl+LTime lock/unlock
Option+Shift+BSend to back
Option+Shift+FBring to front
+Option+Ctrl+NumPad0Rating - None
+Option+Ctrl+NumPad1..5Rating - 1..5
+Option+GGroup
+Option+UUngroup
+Option+RRegroup
+Option+LLoop...
+RCapture...
+Option+Shift+RRename...
+,Identify/Remove sync point
+0 (zero)Quantize to grid
Option+NumPad5Elastic properties

▲ up

6. Event Menu
Option+NumPad1Time operations - Time operations window
Option+NumPad2Tempo operations - Tempo operations window
Option+NumPad3Event operations - Event operations window
Option+0 (zero)Event operations - Quantize...
Option+PEvent operations - Change duration...
Option+TEvent operations - Transpose...
Option+YEvent operations - Select/split notes...
Option+NumPad4MIDI real-time properties
+NumPad8Beat detective
+IIdentify beat...
+Shift+.All MIDI notes off

▲ up

7. Options Menu
Option+LLoop record
+Shift+PQuickPunch
+Shift+TTrackPunch
+JTransport online
+Shift+JVideo track online
+KPre/post-roll
+Shift+LLoop playback
+Ctrl+PDynamic transport
Shift+/Link timeline and edit selection
+Option+PAuto-spot clips
Ctrl+Shift+TEdit/Tool mode keyboard lock

▲ up

8. Setup Menu
+NumPad2Session

▲ up

9. Window Menu
+Option+JConfigurations - Window configuration list
+Option+Ctrl+WHide all floating windows
+WClose window
+=Mix
Ctrl+=MIDI editor
Option+Ctrl+=Score editor
Option+=MIDI event list
Option+NMIDI editors - Bring to front
Option+Shift+NMIDI editors - Send to back
Option+'Task manager
Option+;Workspace
Option+OProject
Option+JBrowsers - Bring to front
Option+Shift+JBrowsers - Send to back
+NumPad1Transport
+NumPad3Big counter
+NumPad4Automation
+NumPad5Memory locations
+NumPad7Video universe
+NumPad9Video

▲ up

10. Misc.
Shift+SpaceHalf-speed playback
+Shift+Space, Shift+F12Half-speed record
Ctrl+Option++Up or Down Arrow KeyResizes all tracks to the same size in the Edit window
Pro tools keyboard for mac

▲ up

Pro Tools Shortcuts List

With EZQuest’s Avid Pro Tools Shortcuts Keyboard Cover, you can edit Avid Pro Tools files faster and easier on your Mac, without purchasing a custom external keyboard. The ultra-thin, silky-soft silicone skin provides superior typing and noise reduction without negatively affecting your typing ability or speed. Put through extensive testing by a certified testing company, our keyboard covers were certified to have no detectable Latex material, which is excellent for people with Latex allergies. The Avid Pro Tools keyboard skin has custom-editing buttons and color-coded shortcuts—right on the keys! Increase productivity without trying to remember the keyboard shortcuts.

Avid Pro Tools Shortcuts Keyboard Cover

The hotkeys skin has unique metallic, multi-color keys with color-coded printing. EZQuest’s precision-engineering uses a heat-fused process that provides the highest quality keyboard performance to ensure long lasting durability that will not chip or crack. EZQuest Avid Pro Tools Shortcuts Keyboard Cover is made with the finest, durable ultra-thin silicone material to protect and enhance your Apple computer keyboard. We have engineered our cover so it can fit perfectly the first time you lay it down, it won’t slip or slide, without sticky, adhesive strips.

Mac Keyboard Shortcuts For Pro Tools Download

Our keyboard cover is molded so it can fit both US or European Apple MacBook and Wireless Keyboards. The durable, yet flexible, keyboard cover safeguards your keyboard from dirt, spills, and wear and tear. You can easily put in your pocket or hand-wash it without being damaged or losing its form.