Pro tools shortcuts3/28/2023 ![]() Gone are the days of having to open the fades dialog to make subtle adjustments to fade shapes (hooray!). Adjust Fade Shapes: Cmd+Click & Drag on Fade with Selector Tool When you begin to explore the rest of the Keyboard Focus keys you’ll find a plethora of handy shortcuts - like B for separating clips at selection, C and V for copy and paste, “ ,” and “. This makes trimming or fading many clips when editing backgrounds a breeze. It’s also important to note that all of these shortcuts work across many tracks. ![]() The next three shortcuts are fades-related: The first two are logically placed in our “home” row and are two of the most frequently-used shortcuts: My “home position” in the left hand is generally as you learn in typing class: A, S, D, F Keyboard Focus mode (click the little "az" icon in the top right corner of the edit window - see screenshot) enables a set of single-key shortcuts. Okay, this is technically a bunch of keyboard shortcuts in one, but to me this is THE most important set of shortcuts, and a great starting point. Single-Key Trim Clip & Fade: Keyboard Focus “Home Keys” PSE Product Manager / Freelance Sound Editor, Designer & Supervisorġ. Watch the video above and explore the blog post below to learn more. This reduces the cumbersome yet necessary technical aspects of Pro Tools (or any software for that matter), and allows you to focus on what’s most important as a sound editor: storytelling. When these shortcuts make their way into your muscle memory, your hands react to your ideas with very little thought or effort. Speed is not the ultimate goal, of course, but with the speed that comes from an obsession with keyboard shortcuts you are able to realize your ideas more quickly. Mastering Pro Tools keyboard shortcuts is an essential skill for sound editors and designers that want to work quickly. Scrubbing Audio: Holding the “control” key will turn the Smart Tool into the Scrub Tool to closely examine the material.Learn how to save time sound editing with these helpful Pro Tools shortcuts. You can also change the shape of the fade by clicking/holding and moving the mouse with the Fade tool.Ĭrossfade: The Smart Tool will allow you to create a crossfade between two clips when the cursor is near the bottom corner of either clip. Smart Tool Extrasįade: By moving the cursor to either the upper left or right corners of a clip, the Smart Tool will allow you to easily create fades in or out. It looks like a bracket and allows you to trim either the head or tail of any audio clip to the desired point. The Trim Tool will appear at either end of an audio clip when the Smart Tool is engaged. The Grabber allows you to click and drag a clip forwards/backwards in time, or up and down different tracks. The lower half of an audio clip will engage the Grabber Tool, which appears as a hand. The Selector allows you to make selections by highlighting portions of a clip, or choose a playback/editing point by clicking at the desired location on the clip. With the Smart Tool engaged, the upper half of a given audio clip will engage the Selector Tool. Or, you can use the keyboard shortcut F7 and F8 simultaneously, or the command key plus the number 7. ![]() To enable the Smart Tool, click the bar placed just above the Trim, Selector, and Grabber tools. While it’s possible to use different keyboard shortcuts to trim, select, and move audio clips, the Smart Tool combines all three and changes based on cursor position. The Smart Tool is a very handy 3-in-1 audio editing device consisting of the Trim, Selector, and Grabber tools. In this clip, Jon teaches you how to use the Smart Tool in Pro Tools. ![]() He also teaches at the world-renowned Berklee College of Music. ![]() Today, Jon is a Pro Tools Master Instructor for Avid, travelling the world and training Pro Tools users of all levels. Having been with Avid since the company first started out as DigiDesign in the early ‘90s, he quickly became their Product Specialist in Los Angeles, offering Pro Tools installations, training, and support to major studios like Warner Bros., Universal, Capitol, The Village, Record One, Westlake, and more. Jon Connolly is the most sought-after Pro Tools instructor in the world. ![]()
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