Logic shortcuts "My shortcuts 2" Flashcards
Piano Roll
P
Auto-punch
Command-control-option-P
Or customize toolbar and check autopunch
Use the Marquee tool to select an area and autopunch automatically turns on when recording
Zoom out to see entire project
Option-Click (sometimes works)
Click on the background and then hit Z (works every time)
Music Typing (open and close window)
Command-K
Name region by Track name
Control-Shift-N
New software instrument
Command-Option-S
Browser
F
Click and hold tracks to preview them in solo
Solo tool in the toolbox
View undo history
Option-Command-Z
Solo mode
Control-S
Play from selection
Shift-Spacebar
View key commands
Option-K
New Project
Command-Shift-N
Zoom on area set by locators
Control-Shift-Z
Set locators by regions/events/Marquee and enable cycle
Command-U
*more specific than U which will snap to bar
Editors (Audio Track/File Editor) as well as MIDI Editors (Piano Roll, Score, Step Editor)
E
Zoom just the selected track
Control Z
Select all the regions in a track
Click the Track name/header
Move left 1 bar
Comma or < (both on the same key)
Convert to New Audio File
Command-Option-F
Smart Controlls
B
Scroll left and right
Mouse: hold shift and use scroll button
Zoom up and down/expand tracks vertically MOUSE
Mouse: hold option and scroll up and down
Zoom toggle
Z
Play/Stop selection in browsers and editors
Control-Spacebar
Or click and hold on the waveform
Create a Track Stack
Command-Shift-D
New Track
Command-option-N
Reverse a region
Open Audio File editor (E) select File tab, then press Control-Shift-R to reverse (or choose Functions->Reverse)
Zoom left and right/expand tracks horizontally KEYBOARD
Keyboard: Command-left and right arrows
Fading with pointer tool
Control-shift-click inside the region and drag either outside its border or into another section to cross fade
New track with duplicate settings
Command-D
Bring up toolbox at pointer location
T
View the sound assigned to each note in Piano Roll
Press Z
Show Colors
Option-C
New Auxiliary Channel Strip
Control-N
Trim region at playhead location
Command-T
Zoom up and down/expand tracks vertically TRACKPAD
Trackpad: option two fingers up and down
Remove a fade (with fade tool)
Option-click (must have fade tool active)
Toggle Looping on and off for a region
L
New Audio Track
Option-command-A
Move right 1 bar
Period or > (both on the same key)
Bounce
Command-B
Fine-tune navigation in the workspace
Control-shift-click and move around
Show audio file in finder
Command Shift R
New AUX strip
In the mixer, hit Control-N
Set rounded locators by regions/events and enable cycle
U
Zoom up and down/expand tracks vertically KEYBOARD
Keyboard: command up and down keys
Set tools back to default
T twice
Delete tracks quickly
Click and hold and drag to the left off of the track region
Zoom left and right/expand tracks horizontally MOUSE
Mouse: Option-Control-Scroll
Notepad
Option N
Mute just a region
Control-M
Copying regions
Option-drag
Punch-in recording/ Record toggle
Control-J
Create a new comp
Option-click a take
New external midi track
Option-command-x
Join regions
Command-J
Control-J is Punch in/record toggle
Move a region to the location of the playhead
Semi-colon
Global tracks
G
New Tracks
Option-command-N
Library
Y
Configure global tracks
Option-G
Zoom left and right/expand tracks horizontally TRACKPAD
Trackpad: Option-2 finger left or right swipe
Trim region at set locators
Control-Command-T
Fast forward one bar
> (or period . )
Rewind one bar
< (or comma , )
Fast forward eight bars
SHIFT + >(or period)
Rewind eight bars
SHIFT + < (or comma)
