Assign key commands – Apple Logic Pro X User Manual

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Chapter 25

Preferences, project settings, and key commands

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Assign key commands

You can assign particular computer keyboard keys to Logic Pro functions and control
surface messages to particular commands—effectively teaching Logic Pro to understand
these messages.

Assign a function to a key

1

Select a command in the Command column.

2

Click the Learn by Key Label button.

3

Press the relevant keyboard key, along with the modifier key or keys—Shift, Control, Option,

Command.

4

If the key command assignment is already used, an alert appears. You have the following options:

Cancel: Click Cancel if you don’t want to change the existing assignment.

Replace: Click Replace if you want to replace the existing assignment with the
selected function.

OK: Click OK if you want to assign the key command combination to the selected function,
while retaining the existing key command or function.

5

Click the Learn by Key Label button again.

If you use the Learn by Key Label function and assign a number key, the key command will be
used whether you use the alphanumeric keyboard or the numeric keyboard.

To define two separate key commands, use the Learn by Key Position function.

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