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Ardour keyboard shortcuts
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First published at 01.05.2018 on https://defkey.com/az/ardour-shortcuts


Ardour has 130 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below.



Transport and recording control
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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
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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
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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
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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
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;                       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
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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
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Alt + Space             Play edit range
Win + Space             Play from EP & return
H                       Play selected region(s)


Region Operations
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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
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Ctrl + C                Copy
Ctrl + X                Cut
Del                     Delete
Ctrl + V                Paste
Ctrl + R                Redo
Ctrl + Z                Undo


Selecting
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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
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]                       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): 11 noyabr 2019, bazar ertəsi
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