Ardour keyboard shortcuts 

Ardour    

Zeynel -
7 years ago
- Shortcuts
-1
Ctrl + Del

Destroy last recording

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↑  Shift + R

Engage record

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↑  Shift +

Fast forward

-1
L

Loop play (the loop range)

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↑  Shift +

Rewind

0
P

Set playhead position

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↑  Shift + Space

Start recording

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Ctrl + Alt + Space

Stop (keep loop / range play)

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Ctrl + Space

Stop and destroy

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5

Toggle auto play

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6

Toggle auto return

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7

Toggle click (metronome)

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↑  Shift + F

Toggle playhead follows edits

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Ctrl + F

Toggle playhead tracking

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Space

Toggle roll

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↑  Shift + B

Toggle selected track rec-enable

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Alt + S

Toggle selected track solo status

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↑  Shift +

Transition to reverse

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↑  Shift +

Transition to roll

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + N

Add track(s) or bus(ses)

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Win + E

Export session

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Ctrl + I

Import audio files

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Ctrl + N

Open a new session

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + O

Open a recent session

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Ctrl + O

Open an existing session

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Ctrl + Q

Quit

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Ctrl + S

Save session

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + S

Snapshot session

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Alt + I

Toggle selected track MIDI input

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F

Fit tracks vertically

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Ctrl +

Move selected tracks down

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Ctrl +

Move selected tracks up

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Page Down

Scroll down (page)

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or
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Page Up

Scroll up (page)

0

Scroll up (step)

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↑  Shift + E

Toggle editor window mixer

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↑  Shift + Z

Visual undo

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Ctrl + Alt + Z

Zoom height to selected region(s)

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Alt + Z

Zoom height and time to selected region

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=

Zoom in

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-

Zoom out

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Alt + L

Toggle locations dialog

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Num /

Focus on main clock

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Ctrl + Alt + F

Maximize editor space

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Alt + M

Switch between editor and mixer window

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Alt + F

Show rhythm ferret window

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Alt + B

Toggle big clock

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Alt + C

Toggle color manager

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Alt + E

Toggle editor window

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Alt + P

Toggle global audio patchbay

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Alt + ↑  Shift + P

Toggle global midi patchbay

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Alt + K

Toggle key bindings editor

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Alt + O

Toggle preferences dialog

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or Ctrl + ↑  Shift + P
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;

EP to next region sync

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'

EP to prev region sync

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2

Cycle to next grid snap mode

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1

Cycle to next zoom focus

1
I

Insert from region list

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Ctrl + T

Insert time

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Alt + ⤶ Enter

Move EP to playhead

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Ctrl + `

Next EP w/marker

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`

Next EP w/o marker

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K

Trim back

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J

Trim front

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↑  Shift + }

Trim region end to edit point

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↑  Shift + {

Trim region start to edit point

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Ctrl + J

Trim region to end of prev region

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Ctrl + K

Trim region to start of next region

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3

Use previous grid unit

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4

Use next grid unit

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Ctrl + 3

Use previous grid unit

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Ctrl + 4

Use next musical grid unit

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Alt + A

Align end(s)

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Ctrl + Win + A

Align start(s)

-1
Win + A

Align start(s) relative

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↑  Shift + A

Align sync points

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A

Align sync points (relative)

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Ctrl + >

Range end to next prev edge

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>

Range end to next region edge

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Ctrl + <

Range start to next region edge

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<

Range start to prev region edge

1
Alt + Space

Play edit range

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Win + Space

Play from EP & return

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H

Play selected region(s)

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↑  Shift + D

Duplicate region (multi)

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Alt + D

Duplicate region (once)

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Ctrl + Win + E

Export selected region(s)

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^

Increase region gain

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Alt + O

Move to original position

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Ctrl + M

Mute/unmute

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N

Normalize

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Num -

Nudge backward

0
Num +

Nudge forward

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Q

Quantize MIDI notes

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&

Reduce region gain

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Alt + R

Reverse

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/

Set fade in length

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\

Set fade out length

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V

Set region sync point

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S

Split

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Ctrl + /

Toggle fade in active

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Ctrl + \

Toggle fade out active

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Alt + T

Transpose

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Ctrl + C

Copy

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Ctrl + X

Cut

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Del

Delete

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Ctrl + V

Paste

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Ctrl + R

Redo

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Ctrl + Z

Undo

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + P

All after playhead

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Ctrl + P

All before playhead

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Ctrl + U

All enclosed by edit range

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U

All present in edit range

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F6

Convert edit range to range

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↑  Shift + I

Invert selection

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + E

Select all after EP

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Ctrl + E

Select all before EP

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Ctrl + L

Select all in loop range

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Ctrl + D

Select all in punch range

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Ctrl + A

Select everything

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Alt +

Select next track/bus

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Alt +

Select previous track/bus

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]

Set loop range from edit range

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Alt + ]

Set loop range from region(s)

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[

Set punch range from edit range

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Alt + [

Set punch range from region(s)

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0

Set tempo (1 bar) from edit range

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Set tempo (1 bar) from region(s)


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Program information

Program name: Ardour Ardour (General)

Ardour is a digital audio workstation software. It can record, mix, edit audio. Ardour is released under a GNU General Public License and is a free software.

Web page: ardour.org

Last update: 11/11/2019 8:10 PM UTC

How easy to press shortcuts: 83%

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Shortcut count: 130

Platform detected: Windows or Linux

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