Navigating your pro tools session – M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio User Manual
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Navigating Your Pro Tools
Session
In addition the Universe view, Pro Tools let you
quickly and easily navigate your session using
keyboard shortcuts. This section provides an
overview of the essential key commands for
navigating and making Edit selections in your
session.
Zooming to the Entire Session and to
the Edit Selection
To zoom your entire session into view:
1
Press Alt+Start+A (Windows) or Option+Con-
trol+A (Mac) to horizontally fit the begging and
end of your session to the length of the Edit win-
dow.
2
Press Alt+Start+Up Arrow (Windows) Op-
tion+Control+Up Arrow (Mac) to fit all of the
tracks in your session to the height of the Edit
window.
Now that you can see your entire session in the
Edit window, identify the location to view for
editing.
To zoom to an Edit selection:
1
With the Selector or the Grabber tool, make an
Edit selection.
2
Press Alt+Start (Windows) or Option+Con-
trol+F (Mac) to fit the length of the selection to
the length of the Edit window.
3
Press Control+Start+Up Arrow (Windows) or
Command+Control+Up Arrow (Mac) to zoom
the Track Height of the Edit selection to fit to
the height of the Edit window.
To zoom to an Edit selection using Zoom Toggle:
1
With the Selector or the Grabber tool, make an
Edit selection.
2
Press Start+E (Windows) or Control+E (Mac)
to enable Zoom Toggle.
3
Do one of the following:
• Press Start+E (Windows) or Control+E
(Mac) again to revert to the preview zoom
state.
– or –
• Press Alt+Shift+E (Windows) or Op-
tion+Shift+E (Mac) to cancel Zoom Toggle
without reverting to the previous view.
Creating Edit Selections with Tab to
Transients
If editing audio with clear transients, use Tab to
Transients to make Edit selections:
1
Press Control+Alt+Tab (Windows) or Com-
mand+Option+Tab (Mac) to toggle Tab to Tran-
sients on and off.
2
With the Selector tool, place the Edit cursor
before the first transient your want in your se-
lection.
3
Press Tab to place the Edit cursor at the first
transient.
4
Press Shift+Tab to make an Edit to the next tr-
nansient.
5
Repeat as necessary.
Press F7 for the Selector tool or F8 for the
Grabber tool.
Press F7 for the Selector tool or F8 for the
Grabber tool.
Set the Track Height option for Zoom Toggle
to Fit To Window in the Editing Preferences.