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  Pass Arrow Keys to Plugin for Patch Preset Auditioning Browsing

  SO many 3rd party plugins now contain huge patch preset libraries that are DESIGNED to be browsed and auditioned using the arrow keys (or other keys) on your alphanumeric keyboard, especially in virtual instruments. When choosing sounds you need to go through 20 presets at minute sometimes. Hardware synths and samplers and all other DAWS have ALWAYS had +/- physical buttons and patch scroll wheels because THEY ARE REQUIRED ...more »

  SO many 3rd party plugins now contain huge patch preset libraries that are DESIGNED to be browsed and auditioned using the arrow keys (or other keys) on your alphanumeric keyboard, especially in virtual instruments. When choosing sounds you need to go through 20 presets at minute sometimes. Hardware synths and samplers and all other DAWS have ALWAYS had +/- physical buttons and patch scroll wheels because THEY ARE REQUIRED for efficient, speedy sound auditioning. (In Pro Tools, I still reach for the +/- Logic key commands, then when I realize that they're not actually there, my mind does a somersault, it's surreal.)

  There is a very similar feature request in here for "scrolling through the air plugin presets like the + and - or the up and down keys." This is requesting the +/- keys at the top of plugins get assigned key command shortcuts.

  see: http://protools.ideascale.com/a/dtd/a-short-cut-for-scrolling-through-the-air-plugin-presets-like-the-+-and-or-the-up-and-down-keys/12332-3779

  What I am requesting is different and focuses on modern plugins that have built-in preset browsers. Most DAWs, like Logic, pass on the arrow keys into the plugin to browse and/or audition patch presets in their custom preset browsers. Pro Tools needs to pass the keyboard arrow keys onto the plug-ins so that we can quickly and easily browse and audition plugins without a mouse for speed and sanity.

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  Submitted by neve73 1 year ago

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  Cross platform Key Commands

  For people who are primarily Mac users, working in Windows means the Key Commands are often very different. Currently I swap a few keys around using Keytweak, plug a Mac keyboard in, and this solves some incompatibilities, but not all. I would like a software layer programmed into Pro Tools so that when this feature is enabled, plugging a Mac keyboard into a Windows computer enables the user to have the same Key Commands ...more »

  For people who are primarily Mac users, working in Windows means the Key Commands are often very different. Currently I swap a few keys around using Keytweak, plug a Mac keyboard in, and this solves some incompatibilities, but not all.

  I would like a software layer programmed into Pro Tools so that when this feature is enabled, plugging a Mac keyboard into a Windows computer enables the user to have the same Key Commands as they are used to in OSX. This would make it much easier for people who work on both platforms.

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  Submitted by Community Member 1 year ago

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  Quickey for scroll to track

  A shortcut key to scroll your control surface to the highlighted track.

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  Submitted by Community Member 1 year ago

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  Clear/Copy/Cut/Paste Special Automation shortcut

  It would be nice if we had Clear/Copy/Cut/Paste Special commands for the automation of a specific plug-in. Example: I have a plug-in that I want to delete all automation from. The way to do it now is to open the plug, go to the automation window, select all parameters and remove them. It would be much faster to be able to select a specific plug-in and remove it's automation in the Edit window. This could also give the ...more »

  It would be nice if we had Clear/Copy/Cut/Paste Special commands for the automation of a specific plug-in.

  Example: I have a plug-in that I want to delete all automation from. The way to do it now is to open the plug, go to the automation window, select all parameters and remove them. It would be much faster to be able to select a specific plug-in and remove it's automation in the Edit window.

  This could also give the opportunity to just clear the automation points from a certain selection of time as well.

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  Submitted by johannes 1 year ago

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  Keyboard shortcut to display pan automation

  I'd really like a direct keyboard shortcut to display Pan automation - pan or FPos for 5.1 (Just like the existing shortcut for displaying volume automation...)

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  Submitted by tim 2 years ago

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  Hide/Show Plugin Windows Shortcut

  A single toggle-button to hide and show Plug-in windows, like V in Logic.

  Extremely easy to do, and very useful!!

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  Submitted by ewjm 2 years ago

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  Audible MIDI Notes using arrow keys

  To navigate and move midi notes via up/down/left/right arrow keys instead of TAB and shift -/+ would be so much faster and convenient.

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  Submitted by dietermusic 2 years ago

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  Scroll thru track list with up/down arrows

  Scroll thru track list with up/down arrows

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  Submitted by dietermusic 2 years ago

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  Replace "Incoming TC" specific keyboard shortcuts:Y, U, I, =

  In Commands-Keyboard-Focus mode on the Edit Window there are several keyboard shortcuts: y, u, i and = (Equal key), that are left-overs from the time, editors worked with external, TC locked video.

  Today, there should at least be an option in the preferences, to replace these with more useful commands like "snap to next/previous region" or "goto next/previous marker".

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  Submitted by Community Member 2 years ago

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  Copy/Paste for Pan Window

  

  It would be nice to be able to quickly copy the pan settings from one track's output to another, in the same way that you can quickly copy plug-in info from one window to another with shift-apple-C and shift-apple-V.

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  Submitted by Eric Hirsch 2 years ago

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  Asterisk shortcut bug in PT9

  I've started a recording session at 00:00:00:00

  after about 13 hours of recordings I noticed that the asterisk shortcut isn't working properly, when I try to jump to time code 13:00:00:00 it jumps back to 12:30:00:00:00.

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  Submitted by izhaki.idan 2 years ago

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  Unify Mac and Windows shortcuts

  I have Mac at my home and PC at studio. If we think about shortcuts compatibility between Mac and PC formally everything is ok: Option is Alt, Command is Ctrl and Control is Start. But in practise when you are Mac user there is no any possibility to work on PC and vice versa. The reason is different placement of corresponding keys on Mac and PC keyboards. The solution would be an option in Preferences - for Mac users ...more »

  I have Mac at my home and PC at studio. If we think about shortcuts compatibility between Mac and PC formally everything is ok: Option is Alt, Command is Ctrl and Control is Start. But in practise when you are Mac user there is no any possibility to work on PC and vice versa. The reason is different placement of corresponding keys on Mac and PC keyboards. The solution would be an option in Preferences - for Mac users in Windows version of PT and for PC users in Mac version - changing order of modifier keys. For crossplatform users it's VERY IMPORTANT.

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  Submitted by fayerek 2 years ago

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  Transpose Midi Notes Shortcut

  Shortcut for transposing midi notes by semitones/steps please. Its a simple request that'll increase many people's workflow using midi/score editor without resorting to the mouse or the transpose midi window.

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  Submitted by azrulsaleh 2 years ago

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  DRAG AND DROP I/O FUCTION

  I wish you could COMMAND+DRAG the already created output of a track to the input of another for quick routing. You could do this for busses too.

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  Submitted by Keith Smith 2 years ago

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  Navigate markers while selector stays in audio track

  The need is for a "go to next/previous marker" command and corresponding pair of keyboard shortcuts. This would enable navigating through series of markers without having to click in the marker lane, distinguishing that task from tabbing to next/previous region boundaries and/or transients.

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  Submitted by elvenminstrel 2 years ago

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  Rename Selected Track - Shortcut

  I use macros when recording foley and ADR. I would absolutely LOVE it if there is a shortcut to rename the selected track. I understand that if multiple tracks are selected, it could cause confusion. However, it could prompt the renaming of ONLY those selected tracks in succession? I know that there are 3rd party programs that can simulate a mouse click on a certain coordinate but I'd rather not rely on another application. ...more »

  I use macros when recording foley and ADR. I would absolutely LOVE it if there is a shortcut to rename the selected track.

  I understand that if multiple tracks are selected, it could cause confusion. However, it could prompt the renaming of ONLY those selected tracks in succession?

  I know that there are 3rd party programs that can simulate a mouse click on a certain coordinate but I'd rather not rely on another application.

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  Submitted by ryan 2 years ago

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  Smarter Fade Tool

  The smart tool is already very handy with the fade and crossfade tool. It would be even better if the crossfade tool could select mutiple tracks to crossfade multiple regions in and out..(like what you can do now by first selecting mutliple regions and then press Command F) And it would be cool if (option/crl/cmd) click would offer you a pop up of the different fader shapes, so that you can change the shape instantly... ...more »

  The smart tool is already very handy with the fade and crossfade tool. It would be even better if the crossfade tool could select mutiple tracks to crossfade multiple regions in and out..(like what you can do now by first selecting mutliple regions and then press Command F)

  And it would be cool if (option/crl/cmd) click would offer you a pop up of the different fader shapes, so that you can change the shape instantly...

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  Submitted by DDDan 3 years ago

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  Pan Automation short cut, and invert feature

  1. Hitting option and the "-" key switches quickly to Volume view. How about option and the "+" key to switch to pan view? It should be easy to add, but would save lots of time.

  2. I'd love to see an easy feature to invert panning automation data. It would be great to be able to highlight Left to Right pan automation, then flip it to Right to Left. Or front to back, etc.

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  Submitted by twalston 3 years ago

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  Keyboard shortcut to place Elastic markers

  In elastic audio, after scrubbing or positioning a marker, it would be good to use a keyboard shortcut to create the marker without having to move the mouse and lose your marker point.

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  Submitted by stuart 3 years ago

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  Alternate playlist toggle during playback

  Instant Ableton-style non-linear composition workflow...

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  Submitted by greg 3 years ago

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  Fast temporary edit grouping by shift clicking.

  A preference that allows selected tracks to be grouped until deselected. With this feature I could just shift click two tracks and control their volumes together for a second until I select a different track.

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  Submitted by fredrik 3 years ago

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  key toggle for window scrolling

  A keyboard command to turn window scrolling on and off would be great. Having to navigate to a menu item, and then a sub-menu item is a real workflow killer.

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  Submitted by mark107 3 years ago

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  Shortcut key command for 'most recently used audiosuite plugin'

  Photoshop has this feature for plugins (apple-F I think) and it would be very useful when you closed that darn pitch 'n time (etc...) window because it was in the way but actually you need it again already!

  Or is it just me?

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  Submitted by studio 3 years ago

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  Implement custom keyboard shortcuts

  Currently Mac users can use OSX to create shortcuts for some menu items but Windows users must turn to Autohotkey and other such programs. It would be nice to assign keyboard shortcuts to to menu items that lack one (like Delete Fades) or even repetitive processing tasks (Audiosuite gain or reverse for example). Sibelius, for instance, has excellent implementation of custom shortcuts via a pane in the preferences window. ...more »

  Currently Mac users can use OSX to create shortcuts for some menu items but Windows users must turn to Autohotkey and other such programs. It would be nice to assign keyboard shortcuts to to menu items that lack one (like Delete Fades) or even repetitive processing tasks (Audiosuite gain or reverse for example). Sibelius, for instance, has excellent implementation of custom shortcuts via a pane in the preferences window.

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  Submitted by acraigbray 3 years ago

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  Bypass all plugins for a track

  I need a key-mouse combination to bypass all plugins on a given track.

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  Submitted by protools 3 years ago

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