Editing
Use ‘Command+E’ to place a ‘spice’ at the cursor position.
Also use ‘Command+E’ with a ‘selection’ to separate it into a region with one click.
Use ‘Command+T’ to delete everything else around it as far as the next region boundaries. Great foe when you want just one clip from a larger region.
‘Shift+Tab’ highlights from the cursor position to the next region boundary to the right.
‘Alt+Shift+Tab’ highlights from the cursor position to the previous region boundary to the left.
‘Return’ takes the cursor back to the beginning of the session. ‘Shift+Return’ highlights from the current cursor position back to the beginning of the session.
‘Alt+Return’ takes the cursor to the end of the session. This is great for checking the duration of the session.
‘Alt+Shift+Return’ highlights from the current cursor position to the end of the session.
For more tips on Shortcuts take a look in my Sound on Sound articles.
Hidden Keyboard Shortcuts in Pro Tools
Using The Keyboard Focus shortcuts in Pro Tools
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