Pro Tools Keyboard Shortcuts

Complete Pro Tools keyboard shortcuts reference — 325 shortcuts across 43 categories. Quick reference cheat sheet for Windows & macOS.

Alternate Keyboard Shortcuts Presets (9)

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + Alt + O	Open Dashboard (Alternate Keyboard Shortcuts Presets)
Ctrl + S	Sign in or Sign out (Alternate Keyboard Shortcuts Presets)
Ctrl + 4	Select Getting Started tab (Alternate Keyboard Shortcuts Presets)
Ctrl + F	Toggle between Files types (WAV or AIFF)
Ctrl + B	Toggle through Bit Depth options (16-bit, 24-bit, or 32-bit (Alternate Keyboard Shortcuts Presets)
Ctrl + R	Toggle through Sample Rate options (Alternate Keyboard Shortcuts Presets)
Ctrl + I	Toggle through the available IO Setup options (Alternate Keyboard Shortcuts Presets)
Ctrl + G	Enable or disable the Interleaved option (Alternate Keyboard Shortcuts Presets)
Ctrl + O	Open from Disk (sessions only)

Playback (5)

Shortcut	Action
Space	Start/stop playback (Playback)
Shift + Space	Half-speed playback
Ctrl + J	Enable/disable online playback (Playback)
Alt + [	Play Edit selection
Ctrl + Win + P	Dynamic Transport Mode toggle (Playback)

Recording (7)

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + Space	Start record
Space	Stop record (Recording)
Ctrl + Shift + Space	Half-speed record
Ctrl + Alt + Space	Enable/disable online record
Alt + L	Loop Record toggle (Recording)
Ctrl + Shift + T	TrackPunch toggle (Pro Tools Ultimate only)
Ctrl + Shift + P	QuickPunch toggle (Recording)

Transport Mode (Numeric Keypad) (9)

Shortcut	Action
0	Play/Stop (Transport Mode (Numeric Keypad))
1	Rewind (Transport Mode (Numeric Keypad))
2	Fast Forward (Transport Mode (Numeric Keypad))
3	Record Enable (Transport Mode (Numeric Keypad))
4	Loop Playback mode on/off (Transport Mode (Numeric Keypad))
5	Loop Record mode on/off (Transport Mode (Numeric Keypad))
6	QuickPunch mode on/off (Transport Mode (Numeric Keypad))
8	Countoff on/off (Transport Mode (Numeric Keypad))
9	MIDI Merge/Replace mode on/off (Transport Mode (Numeric Keypad))

Shuttle Mode (Numeric Keypad) (6)

Shortcut	Action
6	1 x Forward playback speed (Shuttle Mode (Numeric Keypad))
4	1 x Rewind playback speed (Shuttle Mode (Numeric Keypad))
9	2 x Forward playback speed 8 (Shuttle Mode (Numeric Keypad))
7	2 x Backward playback speed 8 (Shuttle Mode (Numeric Keypad))
3	1/16 x Forward playback speed 2 (Shuttle Mode (Numeric Keypad))
1	1/16 x Backward playback speed 2 Loop playback of Edit Selec (Shuttle Mode (Numeric Keypad))

Scrub (Jog)/Shuttle (2)

Shortcut	Action
0	Shuttle Lock stop (Classic or Transport mode)
Space	Exit Shuttle Lock mode (Classic or Transport mode)

Edit Modes and Edit Tools (13)

Shortcut	Action
F1	Shuffle mode
F2	Slip mode
F3	Spot mode
F4	Grid mode
F1 + F4	Enable Snap to Grid and Shuffle mode
F2 + F4	Enable Snap to Grid and Slip mode
F3 + F4	Enable Snap to Grid and Spot mode
F5	Zoomer tool
F6	Trimmer tool
F7	Selector tool
8	Grabber tool F (Edit Modes and Edit Tools)
9	Scrubber tool F (Edit Modes and Edit Tools)
6 + F7	Smart Tool F

Edit Selection, Definition, and Navigation (10)

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + Alt + T	Enable or disable Tab to Transients command (Edit Selection, Definition, and Navigation)
Tab	Locate cursor to next transient (Edit Selection, Definition, and Navigation)
Ctrl + Tab	Locate cursor to previous transient
Win + Tab	Go to and select next Clip
Ctrl + Win + Tab	Go to and select previous Clip
Win + Enter	Go to Song Start
Shift + Win + Enter	Extend selection to Song Start
Shift + Tab	Extend selection to next Clip-boundary (Edit Selection, Definition, and Navigation)
Ctrl + Shift + Tab	Extend selection to previous Clip-boundary
Win + Shift + Tab	Extend selection to include next Clip

MIDI Note Editing (28)

Shortcut	Action
Up	Transpose up one semitone
Down	Transpose down one semitone
Alt + Up	Copy and transpose up one semitone
Alt + Down	Copy and transpose down one semitone
Shift + Up	Transpose up one octave
Shift + Down	Transpose down one octave
Alt + Shift + Up	Copy and transpose up one octave
Alt + Shift + Down	Copy and transpose down one octave (MIDI Note Editing)
Win + Up	Transpose up in key
Win + Down	Transpose down in key
Alt + Win + Up	Copy and transpose up in key
Alt + Win + Down	Copy and transpose down in key
Ctrl + Up	Increase velocity by five
Ctrl + Down	Decrease velocity by five
Ctrl + Shift + Up	Increase velocity by fifteen (MIDI Note Editing)
Ctrl + Shift + Down	Decrease velocity by fifteen (MIDI Note Editing)
Left	Select previous note
Right	Select next note
Shift + Left	Add previous note to the current selection (MIDI Note Editing)
Shift + Right	Add next note to the current selection (MIDI Note Editing)
Win + Left	Trim note start to the left
Win + Right	Trim note start to the right
Alt + Left	Trim note end to the left (MIDI Note Editing)
Alt + Right	Trim note end to the right
Win + Shift + Left	Trim note start to the left by the next value
Win + Shift + Right	Trim note start to the right by the next value
Alt + Shift + Left	Trim note end to the left by the next value
Alt + Shift + Right	Trim note end to the right by the next value

Clip Gain (7)

Shortcut	Action
Win + Shift + E	Add a Clip Gain breakpoint at the current Edit location
Win + Shift + Up	Nudge the selected clip gain up
Win + Shift + Down	Nudge the selected clip gain down
Win + Shift + B	Clear Clip Gain
Win + Shift + X	Cut Clip Gain
Win + Shift + C	Copy Clip Gain
Ctrl + V	Paste Clip Gain (Clip Gain)

Clip Effects (5)

Shortcut	Action
Alt + 6	Show or hide the Clip Effects display (Pro Tools Ultimate an (Clip Effects)
Ctrl + Alt + Win + B	Clear Clip Effects
Ctrl + Alt + Win + X	Cut Clip Effects (Pro Tools Ultimate and Studio only)
Ctrl + Alt + Win + C	Copy Clip Effects (Pro Tools Ultimate and Studio only)
Ctrl + V	Paste Clip Effects (Pro Tools Ultimate and Studio only)

Track Compositing (16)

Shortcut	Action
Shift + S	Solo the Playlist lane containing the Edit cursor
Ctrl + Shift + Right	To designate the Target playlist for the playlist containing (Track Compositing)
Shift + Right	To show the Target playlist as the Main Playlist (Track Compositing)
Shift + Left	To toggle between the current and most recent Main playlists (Track Compositing)
Alt + Win + V	playlist
Alt + Shift + T	Move the selection to the Target playlist
Alt + Shift + Down	Copy the selection to a new playlist (Track Compositing)
Alt + Shift + N	Move the selection to a new playlist
Ctrl + Shift + Up	To cycle in material in the Edit selection from the previous (Track Compositing)
Ctrl + Shift + Down	To cycle in material in the Edit selection from the next pla (Track Compositing)
Win + \	Create a new playlist for the first selected track in the se
Win + Alt + \	Create a new playlist for each track in the session
Win + Alt + Shift + \	Create a new playlist for each selected track in the session
Ctrl + Win + \	Duplicate the main playlist for the first selected track in
Ctrl + Alt + Win + \	Duplicate the main playlist for each track in the session
Ctrl + Alt + Win + Shift + \	Duplicate the main playlist for each selected track in the s

Zoom (2)

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + ]	Horizontal zoom in or out
Ctrl + Win + [	Zoom to show entire session horizontally

Memory Locations and Markers (4)

Shortcut	Action
Enter	Create Memory Location (Marker) on the targeted ruler or tra (Memory Locations and Markers)
Ctrl + Enter	Add marker to the Marker ruler at the current edit location (Memory Locations and Markers)
Ctrl + A	Select all memory locations in the Memory Locations window w (Memory Locations and Markers)
Delete	Delete a memory location in the Memory Locations window (Memory Locations and Markers)

Automation (2)

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + Alt + H	Copy Automation to Send
Ctrl + Alt + T	Thin Automation (Automation)

Fades (3)

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + F	Create Fades (open Fades dialog)
Win + D	Fade to Start
Win + G	Fade to End

Clip List (6)

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + Shift + F	Find Clip (Clip List)
Ctrl + Shift + D	Clear Find
Ctrl + Shift + 1	Show/Hide Audio Clips
Ctrl + Shift + 2	Show/Hide MIDI Clips
Ctrl + Shift + 3	Show/Hide Video Clips
Ctrl + Shift + 4	Show/Hide Clip Groups

Plugin Inserts and Sends (9)

Shortcut	Action
Shift + A	Bypass (or unbypass) all inserts on selected tracks
Shift + 2	Bypass (or unbypass) inserts A–E on selected tracks
Shift + 3	Bypass (or unbypass) inserts F–J on selected tracks
Shift + E	Bypass (or unbypass) all EQ plugins on selected tracks
Shift + C	Bypass (or unbypass) all Dynamics plugins on selected tracks
Shift + V	Bypass (or unbypass) all Reverb plugins on selected tracks
Shift + D	Bypass (or unbypass) all Delay plugins on selected tracks
Shift + W	Bypass (or unbypass) all Modulation plugins on selected trac
Shift + 4	Mute (or unmute) Sends A–E on selected tracks

File Menu (15)

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + N	New Session (File Menu)
Ctrl + O	Open Session (File Menu)
Ctrl + Alt + Win + O	Open Sketch
Ctrl + Alt + O	Open Dashboard (File Menu)
Ctrl + Shift + O	Open Most Recent
Ctrl + Shift + W	Close session
Ctrl + S	Save Session (File Menu)
Ctrl + Win + S	Save As (sessions) or Save As New Version (projects)
Ctrl + Win + O	Open Revision History window (projects only)
Ctrl + Alt + B	Bounce Mix
Shift + Alt + I	Import Session Data
Ctrl + Shift + I	Import Audio
Ctrl + Alt + L	Import MIDI (File Menu)
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + I	Import Video
Ctrl + P	Print Score from Pro Tools Session (File Menu)

Edit Menu (7)

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + Z	Undo
Ctrl + Shift + Z	Redo
Ctrl + Alt + Z	Restore Last Selection
Ctrl + X	Cut
Ctrl + C	Copy
Ctrl + V	Paste (Edit Menu)
Ctrl + B	Clear (Edit Menu)

View Menu (7)

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + Alt + M	View Narrow Mix window option
Alt + 7	Show/Hide Universe display
Win + Alt + Shift + =	Show/Hide docked MIDI Editor
Alt + 8	Show/Hide docked Melodyne Editor
Win + Alt + 8	Open Melodyne Editor to full height
Alt + 6	Show/Hide docked Clip Effects (View Menu)
Win + Shift + U	Show/Hide Track Transcription Lane

Track Menu (12)

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + Shift + N	New Track
Ctrl + G	Group Tracks (Track Menu)
Alt + Shift + D	Duplicate Tracks
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + N	Move to New Folder
Alt + Shift + C	Commit Track
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + B	Bounce Track
Alt + Shift + P	Save Track Preset (Track Menu)
Alt + K	Auto Input Monitoring/Input Only Monitoring (Pro Tools only)
Alt + C	Clear all Clip indicators (Track Menu)
Ctrl + Shift + Right	Designate as Target Playlist (Track Menu)
Shift + Right	Show Target Playlist (Track Menu)
Shift + Left	Toggle Recent Playlist (Track Menu)

Clip Menu (14)

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + L	Lock/Unlock Clips (Clip Menu)
Alt + Win + L	Time Lock/Unlock the selected Clip
Alt + Shift + F	Bring to Front
Alt + Shift + B	Send to Back
Ctrl + Alt + G	Group Clips
Ctrl + Alt + U	Ungroup Clips
Ctrl + Alt + R	Regroup Clips
Ctrl + Alt + L	Loop Clip (Clip Menu)
Ctrl + R	Capture Clip (Clip Menu)
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + R	Rename
Ctrl + 0	Quantize Clip to Nearest Grid
Ctrl + Alt + 0	Quantize MIDI to Nearest Grid
Win + Shift + A	Edit selected audio clip with Melodyne
Alt + 5	Open Elastic Properties windows

Event Menu (10)

Shortcut	Action
Alt + 1	Open Time Operations window
Alt + 2	Open Tempo Operations window
Alt + 3	Open MIDI Operations window (Event Menu)
Alt + 0	Quantize (in MIDI Operations window)
Alt + P	Change Duration (in MIDI Operations window)
Alt + T	Transpose (in MIDI Operations window)
Alt + Y	Select/Split Notes (in MIDI Operations window)
Alt + 4	Open Real Time Properties window
Ctrl + 8	Open Beat Detective window
Ctrl + I	Identify Beat (Event Menu)

Options Menu (13)

Shortcut	Action
Alt + L	Loop Record (Options Menu)
Ctrl + Shift + P	QuickPunch (Options Menu)
Ctrl + Shift + T	TrackPunch (Options Menu)
Ctrl + J	Transport Online (Options Menu)
Ctrl + Shift + J	Video Track Online
Ctrl + K	Pre/Post-Roll
Ctrl + Shift + L	Loop Playback
Ctrl + Win + P	Dynamic Transport (Options Menu)
Shift + T	Enable/Disable Link Track and Edit selection
Ctrl + Alt + Tab	Enable/Disable Tab to Transients
Shift + J	Cycle Video Track Online through all shown video tracks (Pro
Ctrl + P	Auto-Spot Clips (Options Menu)
Win + Shift + T	Edit Tool Mode Keyboard Lock Additional Options menu command

Setup Menu (2)

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + 2	Session Setup window (Setup Menu)
Win + Shift + K	Keyboard Shortcuts

Window Menu (2)

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + Alt + Win + W	Hide All Floating Windows
Ctrl + Alt + J	Show Window Configuration List

Revision History (5)

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + Win + O	Open Revision History window (Revision History)
Esc	Close Revision History window (Revision History)
R	Restore the selected version in the Revision History list
I	Import data from the selected version in the Revision Histor
D	Delete the selected version in the Revision History list

Missing Files Dialog (5)

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + S	Skip all missing files (Missing Files Dialog)
Ctrl + M	Manually find and relink all missing files (Missing Files Dialog)
Ctrl + A	Automatically find and relink all missing files (Missing Files Dialog)
Ctrl + R	Regenerate missing fades (Missing Files Dialog)
Ctrl + D	Regenerate missing render files (Missing Files Dialog)

Batch Track Rename and Batch Clip Rename Dialogs (4)

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + R	Replace (Batch Track Rename and Batch Clip Rename Dialogs)
Ctrl + T	Trim (Batch Track Rename and Batch Clip Rename Dialogs)
Ctrl + D	Add (Batch Track Rename and Batch Clip Rename Dialogs)
Ctrl + N	Numbering (Batch Track Rename and Batch Clip Rename Dialogs)

Save Track Presets Dialog (5)

Shortcut	Action
Alt + Shift + P	To open the Save Tracks Presets dialog for selected tracks (Save Track Presets Dialog)
Ctrl + I	To enable or disable the Include Audio and Media Clips optio (Save Track Presets Dialog)
Ctrl + N	To enable or disable the Clips in Edit Selection Only option (Save Track Presets Dialog)
Ctrl + T	To enable or disable the Auto-populate Tags from Track Data (Save Track Presets Dialog)
Ctrl + R	To open the Track Data To Recall Dialog (Save Track Presets Dialog)

MIDI Events List (8)

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + Enter	Enter start time field for editing (MIDI Events List)
Ctrl + F	Show Event Filter dialog (MIDI Events List)
Ctrl + G	Go to (MIDI Events List)
Ctrl + M	Insert another event (MIDI Events List)
Ctrl + N	Insert note (MIDI Events List)
Ctrl + P	Insert Program Change (MIDI Events List)
Ctrl + L	Insert Controller (MIDI Events List)
Ctrl + O	Insert Poly Pressure (MIDI Events List)

MIDI Operations (8)

Shortcut	Action
Alt + O	Open or close MIDI Operations window Quantize (MIDI Operations)
Alt + T	Open or close MIDI Operations window Transpose (MIDI Operations)
Alt + Y	Open or close MIDI Operations window Split Selected Notes (MIDI Operations)
Alt + P	Open or close MIDI Operations window Duration (MIDI Operations)
Alt + 3	Open or close MIDI Operations window (MIDI Operations)
Enter	Choose Apply in active panel and close Event Ops window (MIDI Operations)
Tab	Activate next number or text field in active panel (MIDI Operations)
Shift + Tab	Activate previous number or text field in active panel (MIDI Operations)

Step Input (11)

Shortcut	Action
1	Whole note (Step Input)
2	1/2 note (Step Input)
4	1/4 note (Step Input)
5	1/8 note (Step Input)
6	1/16 note (Step Input)
7	1/32 note (Step Input)
8	1/64 note (Step Input)
3	Toggle Tuplet on/off (Step Input)
Enter	Next step (Step Input)
0	Undo step (Step Input)
/	Edit Selection indicators

Peripherals Dialog (7)

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + 1	Go to Synchronization page (Peripherals Dialog)
Ctrl + 2	Go to Machine Control page (Peripherals Dialog)
Ctrl + 3	Go to MIDI Controllers page (Peripherals Dialog)
Ctrl + 4	Go to Ethernet Controllers page (Peripherals Dialog)
Ctrl + 5	Go to Mic Preamps page (Pro Tools Ultimate only)
Ctrl + 6	Go to Satellites page
Ctrl + 7	Go to VENUE page

Preferences Dialog (3)

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + 1	Go to Display page (Preferences Dialog)
Ctrl + 2	Go to Operation page (Preferences Dialog)
Ctrl + 3	Go to Editing page (Preferences Dialog)

Import Session Data Dialog (12)

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + A	Select all source tracks and toggle to new tracks or none, a (Import Session Data Dialog)
Ctrl + N	Trigger the Add button (Import Session Data Dialog)
Ctrl + B	Triggers the Clear button (Import Session Data Dialog)
Ctrl + M	Triggers the Match button (Import Session Data Dialog)
Ctrl + F	Filter tracks by name (Import Session Data Dialog)
Ctrl + E	Toggle Exact Match option on/off
Ctrl + U	Toggle UInlink on/off
A	Add
M	Match
C	Clear
U	Unlink
E	Exact match

Import Audio Dialog (7)

Shortcut	Action
Alt + P	Start/stop audition of currently selected audio file/Clip (Import Audio Dialog)
Alt + I	Import selected audio files (Import Audio Dialog)
Alt + C	Convert and import selected audio files (Import Audio Dialog)
Alt + O	Convert and import selected Clips (Import Audio Dialog)
Tab	Move between file windows (Import Audio Dialog)
Esc	Cancel (Import Audio Dialog)
Alt + E	Done

Global Workspace Shortcuts (9)

Shortcut	Action
Alt + I	Open a new Workspace (default)
Alt + Win + I	Open new Workspace (Soundbase)
Alt + O	Open a new Workspace browser focused on the Project (Global Workspace Shortcuts)
Alt + J	Bring all browsers to the foreground
Alt + Shift + J	Send all browsers to the back
Ctrl + F	Simple search (Global Workspace Shortcuts)
Ctrl + Shift + F	Advanced search on a selected or checked items in the Locati (Global Workspace Shortcuts)
Win + 1	View presets in Workspace browsers
Ctrl + Alt + ]	vertically preview

Auditioning (5)

Shortcut	Action
Space	Browser Item: Start or stop auditioning from head (when Spac (Auditioning)
Alt + Space	Browser Item: Start or stop loop auditioning from head
Ctrl + P	Start or stop preview when browser is front-most window (Auditioning)
Esc	Stop preview when browser is front-most window (Auditioning)
Alt + P	Import Audio dialog: Start or stop auditioning (Auditioning)

Delete or Duplicate (4)

Shortcut	Action
Delete	Clip List: Delete selected Clip from the timeline Browser It (Delete or Duplicate)
Ctrl + Delete	Delete locked files selected in a browser
Alt + Delete	Delete any selected browser item, and suppresses any warning
Ctrl + D	Create duplicates of any selected files (Delete or Duplicate)

Soundbase (3)

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + Alt + Win + T	Show/Hide Tags pane
Alt + Win + T	Show/Hide Assign Tags pop-up window
Win + F	Enable/Disable Favorites in the Assign

General Deck Control Commands (4)

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + \	Toggle Transport Master
Ctrl + Left	Cue to Selection Start
Ctrl + Right	Cue to Selection End
Alt + Left	Cue to Selection Start Minus Preroll (General Deck Control Commands)