The 39 Logic Pro Key Shortcuts for Faster Mixes

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Want to supercharge your workflow in Logic Pro? By the end of this video, you'll know the 39 essential key commands for lightning-fast Logic Pro mixing.

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[damilaredamiedaiz]

1. Batch Rename (Tab)
2. Solo (S)
3. Mute (M) + Arrow keys
4. Select All CMD + A
5. Highlighting Different Sections (Shift + Click)
6. Record (R)
7. Turning The Click Track On/Off (K)
8. Opening The Color Pallet (Opt + C)
9. Zooming In / Out (CMD + arrow key) (Opt + Scroll)
10. The Marquee Tool (CMD + Click + Drag)
11. Splitting Regions by Playhead (CMD + T)
12. Moving Left / Right 1 Bar (, /.)
13. Move Left / Right 8 Bars (Shift +, /, )
14. Turn the Loop On / Off (C)
15. Hiding Tracks (H) Click + Hold + Drag
16. Open the Mix Window (Cmd + 2)
17. Open the Arrangement Window (Cmd + 1)
18. Open the Piano Roll (Cmd + 4 )
19. Cycling Between Windows (Cmd + ~)
20. Solo Only One Track (Opt + Click)
21. Opening The Automation View (A)
22. Automation Curve Tool (T + W)
23. Quantize Selected Notes (Select Midi Notes + Q)
24. Removing MIDI note overlaps (Select Midi Notes +/)
25. Connecting MIDI notes together (Select MIDI notes + shift + /)
26. Moving a note by a semitone (Opt + Up / Down)
27. Moving a note by an octave (Shift + Opt+ Up / Down)
28. Turning Groups On / Off (Shift + G)
29. Showing / Hiding Plugins (V)
30. Setting Cycle by Region (Cmd + U)
31. Setting Cycle by Marker (Ctrl + Opt + C)
32. Nudging Left/Right (Opt + Left / Right)
33. Slide Regions Without Snapping (Click + Ctrl)
34. Capturing a Midi Recording (Shift + R)
35. Duplicating a Track (CMD + D)
36. Duplicating a Region (Click + Opt + Drag)
37. Muting a Single Region (Ctrl + M)
38. Bouncing a Region in Place (Ctrl + B)
39. Bouncing Tracks in Place (Ctrl + Cmd + B)
39b. Open / Close Track Stacks (Custom Key Command)

[kroh]

tips for those who are a little more advanced
1) opt + k gives you the key command menu. You can search + edit key commands here. I tend to ask myself how I could do each task faster, so every time I go to do something, I check to see if there's a key command for it. There always is.
2) if you have a number pad on the side of your keyboard and use markers, each of the numbers corresponds to a marker. absurdly fast navigation + moves the cycle to your selected marker
3) screensets. this is better than command + ~ because you don't need multiple windows open and can jump straight to the window you want. You can make a screenset correspond to each window (arrangement, midi, audio, console, etc) and then switch using the numbers on the top of your keyboard
4) For the V command, you can also turn on plug-in window linking (the chain link icon at the top right). This means that when you select a given plug-in, it will close the one open before it. super useful in my opinion, because I rarely work with multiple plug-ins at the same time when I'm making a song.
5) Tap tempo - You can access the key command menu and assign a key to tap tempo. when you tap it, it will adjust the project tempo to whatever you're tapping. I did * on the numpad

[alextala]

Solo - S
Mute - M
Record - R
Capture Record - Shift + R
Cycle - C
Tool - T
Quantize - Q
Duplicate track - Command + D
Duplicate region - Click + Option + Drag
Mute region or midi notes - Control + M
Bounce region in place - Control + B
Bounce track in place - Control + Command + B
Show or hide plugins - V
Set cycle by region - Command + U
Set cycle by marker - Command + Option + C
Enable/disable group tracks - shift + G
Move notes one semitone - option + arrows
Move notes one octave - option + shift + arrows
Remove overlaps - /
Force legato - shift + \
Hide track - H
Solo only one track - Option + Click
Zoom in and out - Command + arrow keys
Move playhead left and right - < or > (1 bar)
- shift + < or > (8 bars)
Move to transient - Control + < or >
Split region by playhead - Command + T
Nudge regions left or right - Option + arrows
Slide regions without snapping - Click Control
Metronome on/off - K
Open color pallete - Option + C
Select all - Command + A
Mix window - Command + 2
Arrangement window - Command + 1
Piano roll - Command + 4
Cycle between windows - Command + ~
Automation - A
Batch Rename - Double click on name + tab

[vigilancebrandon]

Side note: at 13:48, you can also hold shift + ctrl while dragging the mouse to access the curve tool.

[greyteeth]

Been using Logic Pro for 2 years, making a living by it, still learned a lot from this video. you're the best.

[iamkimberly]

Great stuff! Not sure if anyone else wrote this, but if you option click on one track stack, it will open and close all in case you don't want to add a key command.

[sizzamandiktionary]

This video needs more reactions it’s best in this 🔥 🔥

[mizzyunik]

OMFG!!! THAT COMMAND HIGHLIGHT WITH MARQUEE ON AUTOMATION JUST BLEW MY MIND IVE BEEN AUTOMATING SLOW AF

[JulianHartwellMusic]

Super helpful refresher - even some of the little stuff i needed to hear again to make my life easier! 😅

[xsensvit]

YOU ARE THE BEST OMG! THAT BOUNCE OF A TRACK STACK... GOAT!

[mizzyunik]

COMMAND T WTF R U SERIOUS!?!?!?! HOW AM I JUST NOW SEEING THIS VIDEO!! THANK YOU SO MUCH! THIS HAS HELPED ME IMMENSELY.

[NebMotion]

I can't believe how long it took me to make bounce in place a consistent habit in my workflow. Seriously guys, just use it, makes arranging a whole lot easier and forces you to commit rather than waste time on constant unnecessary tweaking.

[stephencoles]

Brilliant list, memorising all of these will speed up the workflow of any budding producer!
One shortcut that is invaluable to me for chopping up audio is ctrl + < or >, Logic moves to the next available biggest transient and then this usually follows cmd + t.
For anyone chopping up samples (especially drums) on LPX this is a must!

[howardanderson]

This is one of the BEST LogicX tutorials that I've ever seen....Thank You!

[BeauSkowron]

I'm only halfway through listening to these while I work and now I can't wait to get back into Logic tomorrow to start getting these into the muscle memory. Great vid dude! SOOOO helpful

[davidsalado]

Ah finally a professional that knows what he’s talking about, brotha thank you so much for the video, know if you could only tell me how to move channels from one side of my Logic mixer to the other or move them where I would like them to be I’d be in heaven lol thank you again!

[MichaelSorrentino]

Been using logic for years and I learned a ton! Thank you! 🙏

[wthompson]

This might be helpful to folks. For the automation curve tool, rather than switching with the toolbar menu (T+W) and then (T+T) to get back, if you hold shift+control, the pointer changes to the curve tool. When you let go of shift+control, it changes back to the pointer. I find this to be much more efficient. You can create the curve and then quickly change back to the pointer to move the nodes, or whatever else needs to be done next. Hope this helps somebody.

[andrewmusicnyc]

Shift+ Command+ D Creates a track stack so it makes sense that you would make Shift+ Command+ F to open and close them since D and F are right next to one another.

[jeffrey.a.hanson]

Incredible. I also have gotten in the habit of bouncing in place to keep project moving. It keeps me from tinkering.