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Pro Tools Keyboard Shortcuts Chart - the ultimate overview

Posted May 13, 2024 by Asbjoern Andersen in Sound community highlights

Keyboard shortcuts are a fantastic way to speed up your audio workflow – but getting an overview of all the shortcuts in the first place, and making it a habit to use them can be a challenge.

To make things a lot easier for you as a Mac Pro Tools user, Supervising Sound Editor at Diegetix Sound Frederic Dubois has created an incredibly useful chart of Pro Tools keyboard shortcuts (and there are a LOT!) – get it below:

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