Logic Pro - 10 Zoom Shortcuts to Speed Up Your Workflow!

In this video I demonstrate 10+ zoom shortcuts in Logic Pro to help speed up your workflow! Enjoy!

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Timestampes:
0:00 Intro
0:27 Vertical & Horizontal Zoom
1:36 Toggle Zoom to Fit Selection
2:35 Zoom Tool
3:19 Toggle zoom Focused Track/Row
4:18 Individual Track Zoom
6:04 Waveform Zoom
7:34 Zoom Logic Window to Fullscreen
8:10 Store and Recall Zoom Presets
9:53 Zoom to Fit Locators
11:40 Live Loops Toggle Grid Horizontal zoom
12:57 Toggle Zoom in Sampler

Here's a complete list of all of the shortcuts I demonstrate in the video:

#1 Vertical and Horizontal Zoom
Vertical: command up/down arrow keys
Horizontal: command left/right arrow keys

#2 Toggle Zoom to Fit Selection or All Contents
Deselect region(s) and press Z
Select region(s) and press Z

#3 Zoom Tool
Hold option with pointer tool
Press T for tool dialog, then press Y

#4 Toggle Zoom Focused Track or Row
Select track and press control Z

#5 Individual Track Zoom
Zoom individual tracks with control option command up/down
Toggle individual track zoom with control option command Z

#6 Waveform Zoom
Zoom in waveforms with command =
Zoom out waveforms with command -

#7 Zoom Logic Window to Fullscreen
Toggle with control command M

#8 Store and Recall Zoom Presets
Store zoom preset with control option shift command 1, 2 or 3
Recall zoom preset with control option command 1, 2 or 3

#9 Zoom to Fit Locators (and Store Navigation Snapshot)
Set locators and press control shift Z
Press option Z and option shift Z to cycle through navigation snapshots

#10 Live Loops Toggle Grid Horizontal Zoom
Control option Z in Live Loops to toggle horizontal zoom

BONUS: Toggle Vertical and Horizontal Zoom in Sampler
Vertical auto zoom with control option shift Z
Horizontal auto zoom with control option Z

[MusicTechHelpGuy]

One clarification I wanted to make with the Zoom tool modifier key around the 2:35 mark. There are actually TWO zoom modifier keys. If you hover your mouse over a region, you have to press Control-Option in order for the zoom modifier to work. However, if your mouse is NOT hovering over a region, you can simply hold Option and this will toggle the zoom tool, as I demonstrated in the video. This is because holding Option over a region would simply engage the tool's region modifier -- with the pointer tool, that would be the duplicate function for example.

[michaelvarney.]

Z shortcut alone makes the video well worth my time!

[skwergs]

THANK YOU! Navigating views in Logic has been one of the biggest PITA aspects to me... you clarified this solution beautifully... subscribing ;)

[donnelson]

Oh man... I was JUST working on a new audiobook project and was trying to find quicker ways to zoom and navigate around. You answered every question I had and you've already saved me a ton of time. Outstanding overview, and thank you!

[geekhunger]

Great tutorial! Learned a lot while watching it. - I think this was not mentioned yet:

hold option and press the middle mouse button,
then drag vertically or horizontally for zooming around

[JohnnyHands]

Helpful video, thanks!

One problem, though, with the Zoom Tool keyboard command you showed us: holding down just the option key to get the Zoom tool cursor only works when the mouse is in the background area - if it's over an existing region you still see the pointer tool (or whatever your Left Click tool is set to.) But holding Control-option will give you the Zoom tool cursor (and functionality when you drag-select or click) if the mouse if over a region or over the background. This gives you flexibility to make a drag selection in the middle of a region (or regions) rather than needing to start your drag or click in the background area (as you'd need to do with just option key held.)

If you watch this video's Zoom Tool section (2:40) closely, you'll see what I say is true (with your option key only held, when your cursor is over an existing region, you only have the pointer tool.) 

I tried this on two separate machines with 10.7.4 Logic Pro installations as well as a seldom-used old PowerBook running Logic Pro X 10.4.8, and the behavior was the same (need Control-Option for over-region Zoom cursor.) I have a US keyboard setup all three installations and I don't remember changing any key commands for Zoom.

[burning_KFC]

As always writing a comment to support the channel

[DavidGilden]

Always open to learning something new!

[vewilli]

👍🏻👏🏻👍🏻👏🏻👍🏻🙏🏻 Very help- and useful. Thanks a lot. As far as live Loos are concerned I never used them so far. I’m going to google if there are any tutorials about Live Loops here in YouTube.

[tyalexandercheng]

When you zoom the waveform, how do you snap it back to default? I understand you can click the button on the top right and it will go back to normal, but I want to reset it all together. Thanks

[iamvalnei]

what's the name of the icon next to vertical zoom on the left, it looks like an audio..I can't see as default on my logic..thanks so much for your video!

[CS-lkwg]

3:15 So I needed this but not because I wanted to use the zoom in feature, I needed it figure out how do UNDO the zoom in feature 🤣

[abulka]

The "Vertical Auto Zoom button" is missing in my piano roll editor in Logic Pro 11?

[TaRonRoll]

How do you get the bottom left to show I First Before R For your Audio In The first Input? Instead of it Having R Next To I

[syndykdj]

I follow your YouTube channel, I learn so much stuff but no one has show/touched on the topic of a poorly functioning sample browser yet.
Is there any way to make sample playback work as efficiently as it does in ableton, fl studio ??
Loops converted to untagged loops still work fine, but short one shots of drums or other sounds are drama.
I miss the logic of such an efficient sound browser as it is in ableton or fl studio, it is very annoying when you sit down to do a beat and you have to dig through a lot of samples.

[seanocean]

Been using zoom on my second tool like a noob for more than 9 years.