Pro Tools 8 Keyboard Shortcuts

What is Qwikn?

Qwikn - an app that lets you effortlessly search and store keyboard shortcuts.

Track Magnification using scroll wheel

If you are using a mouse or trackball with a scroll wheel, you can make the waveform display in your tracks zoom in or out by pressing " Shift" + "Option" and rotating your scroll wheel.

Also if you want to scroll along the timeline, hold down shift whilst using your scroll wheel.

Some often used Track View key commands...

Control + Command + Click on Track name = Waveform View

Control + Command + Click on Volume = Track Volume view

Control + Command + Click on Pan = Track Pan view


Control+ Up/ Down Arrow = Selected track will go to next/ previous track height
Control + Option + Up/ Down Arrow = All Tracks will go to next/ previous track height

Control + Command + Left/ Right Arrow = Toggle through selected track parameter views
Control + Option + Command + Left/ Right Arrow = Toggle through All track parameter views

Control + Command + Up Arrow = Selected track fills screen

Need to scroll down the page quickly?

This may seem obvious, however I figured it may be worth posting just to remind people on how to quickly scroll down through your edit page quickly... especially when you get to over 80 tracks or so...

One option is to simply use the "Page Up" and "Page Down" buttons, however another way is to use "Option" + "Command" + "F". This allows you to enter the track number and thus quickly go straight to the desired track. - This saves a lot of mouse scrolling!!!



If you want to advance along the timeline one screen at a time you can also use "Option" + "Page Up/ Down"