
Holding shift pro tools mac pro#
The timeline selection indicates the area that Pro Tools will playback when you press play.
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Press Command Shift (Mac) or Control Shift (Windows) and press the plus or minus keys on the numeric keypad.Nudging the end time of the Edit selection.Press Option Shift (Mac) or Alt Shift (Windows) and press the plus or minus keys on the numeric keypad.Nudging the start time of the Edit selection.Taking this one step further you can change the start or end times of the Edit selection. To nudge an Edit selection hold shift and press the plus or minus keys on the numeric keypad.

This is especially useful when you wish to temporarily disengage the nudging to ‘pick up’ a different clip or fade on that track. When nudging an edit selection, your selection moves forward or backward within the track without affecting the underlying media in that track.

However if these are linked you will only see the Timeline indicators. Timeline and Edit selection indicators can both be found in the main time base ruler.

Open/Close Event Operations Option + 0 (Zero)Ĭhange Grid Value Control + Option + Plus/Minus keys on Numeric KeypadĬhange Nudge Value Command + Option + Plus/Minus keys on Numeric Keypad Open/Close Transport Command + 1 on Numeric Keypad

Zoom to view entire session Control + Option + A Zoom Vertically Control + Option + up and down arrows Zoom Horizontally Zoom out = R Zoom in = T This is an evolving document that will probably be revised later, but here goes. Remember that the Keyboard Focus Button must be highlighted yellow, indicating that Keyboard Focus is on, in order for Keyboard Shortcuts to work: On this document I use the plus (+) sign to indicate key combinations, for example ‘Control + Option” means hold the Control key and the Option key, (you already knew that, but I mention it to avoid potential confusion.) This version assumes you are running Pro Tools 8 or Pro Tools 9 on a Mac. Of course this is a subjective thing, and depends on a person’s thought process, and individual way of working. Since there are so many Keyboard Shortcuts, my thinking was to try and pair it down to only those one needs for basic workflow, in recording and editing Audio and MIDI. I created a text file for clients to keep on screen, or print out and post near the monitor in their studios, listing what I consider essential Keyboard Shortcuts for Pro Tools. See also the new video version of this post, on the Videos Page of this site!
