The 2022.4 release of Pro Tools was dominated by the changes to the product lineup, the way licensing works for new customers and the introduction of two new virtual instruments. However in spite of this there were new features in the Pro Tools software itself. Many of these were a redistribution of features between the top tier Ultimate/Flex product and the middle tier Pro Tools Studio, surround sound and advanced automation being particularly significant additions to the middle tier.

However there is one feature which surprised many and deserves close examination as it affects one of the things we have taken for granted for so long - Pro Tools keyboard shortcuts can now be customised!

In this pair of videos, Julian looks at the new Keyboard Shortcuts window and finds a great deal which is of interest to people who want to customise their workstation and people who just want to extend their knowledge of the familiar default set of keyboard shortcuts.

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In this video, brought to you with the support of Avid, Julian takes a first look at this new window from the point of view of how it can help you, whether you are going to create custom keystrokes or not. He demonstrates the power of the search facility, which allows you to search by keystroke or function, with filtering available for modifier keys. The system of tagging allows filtering by function and when you actually create custom keystrokes, the potential clashes with existing keystrokes are flagged and easy solutions are presented.

Getting further into the Keyboard Shortcuts Window, in this premium tutorial Julian looks at exactly what you can and can’t create a keyboard shortcut for, the help system, filtering by and creating new tags, using presets and saving, recalling, merging and exporting your custom keystrokes.

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