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The 13 best keyboard shortcuts in Pro Tools
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The 13 best keyboard shortcuts in Pro Tools
14 min • 2011
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If you are still slaving around with a mouse while trying to make music you are doing yourself a disservice. Watch this video for Fab’s top, most best-est and life changerific shortcuts and workflow suggestions to turn Slow Tools back into Pro Tools.
Shortcuts covered in this video:
- Best Zooming shortcuts for mindless location and easy focus
- Waveform handling demystified
- Track arming, Soloing, Muting, input monitoring-ing
- Best use of grouping shortcuts
- Duplication of tracks and regions
- Fast track creation
- How to clean up after yourself
- Window management
- Uber navigation sans clicking
- Automation essential commands
- Transport control from keyboards
Throughout the video, Windows users should pull a Jedi mind trick and hear:
- [alt] instead of [option]
- [control] instead of [command]
- [start] instead of [control]
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václav.h • Tuesday, June 27, 2023
super quick info
jordanhouyez • Friday, April 23, 2021
opt + A doesnt work for me
DudeHugs • Friday, October 9, 2020
He said "make sure your fingers are small enough"
;]
pablo.de • Monday, December 16, 2019
Excelente
Bootz • Monday, January 14, 2019
Always great to get back to these essential tricks! Merci Fab!
Dusan Oravec • Friday, November 16, 2018
Thank you ! you my new Hero! Lot of information, and i like you style, very elegant.
I like you cooking class as well :-)
best Reg. Dusan
alex22watts • Tuesday, February 13, 2018
Definitely learned some new ones on here and I am an avid (ahem) short cut user. One of my favourite new ones being the last one mentioned here to copy mix levels to any Send. Thanks!
Maxiemixer • Monday, April 17, 2017
Thanks, is a great remainder
sebastian link • Friday, March 10, 2017
I have a lot to learn!
dermitderrotentanzt • Monday, February 27, 2017
Thanks, a lot, Fab!
Your amusing jokes and comments in between make everything even more memorable.
Thanks again, "teacher"!
jim@reevesaudio.com • Tuesday, February 16, 2016
A short cut overlooked is:
When you are setting up multi-track inputs and you want to have consecutive inputs, I.E., In 1, In 2, In 3, In 4. a time saver is: 1. Select desired tracks, 2.Hold Shift + Alt + Ctl while 3. clicking desired start bus in the I/O input selector field. I.E.,Begin at input channel 3, all remaining selected track inputs will follow consecutively.3, 4, 5, 6. Shift + Alt will select the same input for all selected tracks. Adding the Ctl key modifies this to consecutive.
This also work the same for adding consecutive input busses and output channels and busses alike.
martone • Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Thanks Fab from Dave Martone! Brand new Protools user here. Video is awesome. it made my head spin at first and will need to go through it many times!
We went to Berklee together! I knew I recognized you!
www.davemartone.com
reddirt • Saturday, November 28, 2015
Very well done Fab; you got me engaged and held me.
Been wanting trim automation for so long and here it is ; worth the admission price for me
Cheers, Ross
moosebeats • Sunday, November 1, 2015
One of the most useful tutorials for me. I know most of these but still learned a couple handy shortcuts that will help. Thanks Fab!
Dzata • Monday, October 19, 2015
At 8:05 you open and close side bars in one click.
What key command is this? I would love to know as well
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