========================= Ardour keyboard shortcuts ========================= First published at 5/1/2018 on https://defkey.com/ardour-shortcuts 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. Ardour has 130 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below. Transport and recording control ------------------------------- Ctrl + Del Destroy last recording Shift + R Engage record Shift + Right arrow Fast forward L Loop play (the loop range) Shift + Left arrow Rewind P Set playhead position Shift + Space Start recording Ctrl + Alt + Space Stop (keep loop / range play) Ctrl + Space Stop and destroy 5 Toggle auto play 6 Toggle auto return 7 Toggle click (metronome) Shift + F Toggle playhead follows edits Ctrl + F Toggle playhead tracking Space Toggle roll Shift + B Toggle selected track rec-enable Alt + S Toggle selected track solo status Shift + Down arrow Transition to reverse Shift + Up arrow Transition to roll Session and file handling ------------------------- Ctrl + Shift + N Add track(s) or bus(ses) Win + E Export session Ctrl + I Import audio files Ctrl + N Open a new session Ctrl + Shift + O Open a recent session Ctrl + O Open an existing session Ctrl + Q Quit Ctrl + S Save session Ctrl + Shift + S Snapshot session Alt + I Toggle selected track MIDI input Changing what's visible ----------------------- F Fit tracks vertically Ctrl + Down arrow Move selected tracks down Ctrl + Up arrow Move selected tracks up Page Down Scroll down (page) Down arrow Scroll down (page) Page Up Scroll up (page) Up arrow Scroll up (step) Shift + E Toggle editor window mixer Shift + Z Visual undo Ctrl + Alt + Z Zoom height to selected region(s) Alt + Z Zoom height and time to selected region = Zoom in - Zoom out Window visibility ----------------- Alt + L Toggle locations dialog Num / Focus on main clock Ctrl + Alt + F Maximize editor space Alt + M Switch between editor and mixer window Alt + F Show rhythm ferret window Alt + B Toggle big clock Alt + C Toggle color manager Alt + E Toggle editor window Alt + P Toggle global audio patchbay Alt + Shift + P Toggle global midi patchbay Alt + K Toggle key bindings editor Alt + O Toggle preferences dialog Ctrl + Shift + P Toggle preferences dialog Editing with Edit Point ----------------------- ; EP to next region sync ' EP to prev region sync 2 Cycle to next grid snap mode 1 Cycle to next zoom focus I Insert from region list Ctrl + T Insert time Alt + Enter Move EP to playhead Ctrl + ` Next EP w/marker ` Next EP w/o marker K Trim back J Trim front Shift + } Trim region end to edit point Shift + { Trim region start to edit point Ctrl + J Trim region to end of prev region Ctrl + K Trim region to start of next region 3 Use previous grid unit 4 Use next grid unit Ctrl + 3 Use previous grid unit Ctrl + 4 Use next musical grid unit Aligning with the Edit Point ---------------------------- Alt + A Align end(s) Ctrl + Win + A Align start(s) Win + A Align start(s) relative Shift + A Align sync points A Align sync points (relative) Ctrl + > Range end to next prev edge > Range end to next region edge Ctrl + < Range start to next region edge < Range start to prev region edge Edit Point Playback ------------------- Alt + Space Play edit range Win + Space Play from EP & return H Play selected region(s) Region Operations ----------------- Shift + D Duplicate region (multi) Alt + D Duplicate region (once) Ctrl + Win + E Export selected region(s) ^ Increase region gain Alt + O Move to original position Ctrl + M Mute/unmute N Normalize Num - Nudge backward Num + Nudge forward Q Quantize MIDI notes & Reduce region gain Alt + R Reverse / Set fade in length \ Set fade out length V Set region sync point S Split Ctrl + / Toggle fade in active Ctrl + \ Toggle fade out active Alt + T Transpose Generic editing --------------- Ctrl + C Copy Ctrl + X Cut Del Delete Ctrl + V Paste Ctrl + R Redo Ctrl + Z Undo Selecting --------- Ctrl + Shift + P All after playhead Ctrl + P All before playhead Ctrl + U All enclosed by edit range U All present in edit range F6 Convert edit range to range Shift + I Invert selection Ctrl + Shift + E Select all after EP Ctrl + E Select all before EP Ctrl + L Select all in loop range Ctrl + D Select all in punch range Ctrl + A Select everything Alt + Down arrow Select next track/bus Alt + Up arrow Select previous track/bus Defining Loop, Punch Range and Tempo Changes -------------------------------------------- ] Set loop range from edit range Alt + ] Set loop range from region(s) [ Set punch range from edit range Alt + [ Set punch range from region(s) 0 Set tempo (1 bar) from edit range 9 Set tempo (1 bar) from region(s) Last modified on (UTC): Monday, November 11, 2019 Defkey © All rights reserved.