User:PeterSampson/Sand-Box
From Audacity Development Manual
Tracks Menu
| Action | Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Add New > Audio Track | CTRL + SHIFT + N | Creates a new empty audio track. |
| Mute All Tracks | CTRL + U | Mutes all the audio tracks in the project as if you had used the mute buttons from the Track Control Panel on each track. |
| Unmute All Tracks | CTRL + SHIFT + U | Unmutes all the audio tracks in the project as if you had released the mute buttons from the Track Control Panel on each track. |
| Add Label at Selection | CTRL + B | Creates a new, empty label at the cursor or at the selection region. |
| Add Label at Playback Position | CTRL + M (Mac: COMMAND + . ) |
Creates a new, empty label at the current playback or recording position. |
| Mix and Render to New Track | CTRL + SHIFT + M | Same as Tracks > Mix and Render, except that the original tracks are preserved and a new track is created containing the resulting mix. |
| Move Focus to Previous Track(1) | UP | Changes the track that responds to keyboard input to the previous (upper) track. If the top track currently has focus no action is taken. |
| Move Focus to Previous and Select(1) | SHIFT + UP | As above, but if there is a selection in the current track that selection is extended into the track above. |
| Move Focus to Next Track(1) | DOWN | Changes the track that responds to keyboard input to the next (lower) track. If the bottom track currently has focus no action is taken. |
| Move Focus to Next and Select(1) | SHIFT + DOWN | As above, but if there is a selection in the current track that selection is extended into the track below. |
| Toggle Focused Track(1) | RETURN or ENTER |
Changes the focused track from selected to not selected, or from selected to not selected. |
| Change pan on focused track | SHIFT + P | Brings up the Pan dialog for the focused track where you can enter a pan value, or use the slider for finer control of panning than is available when using the track pan slider. |
| Pan left on focused track | ALT + SHIFT + LEFT | Controls the pan slider on the focused track. Each keypress changes the pan value by 10% left. |
| Pan right on focused track | ALT + SHIFT + RIGHT | Controls the pan slider on the focused track. Each keypress changes the pan value by 10% right. |
| Change gain on focused track | SHIFT + G | Brings up the Gain dialog for the focused track where you can enter a gain value, or use the slider for finer control of gain than is available when using the track pan slider. |
| Increase gain on focused track | ALT + SHIFT + UP | Controls the gain slider on the focused track. Each keypress increases the gain value by 1 dB. |
| Decrease gain on focused track | ALT + SHIFT + DOWN | Controls the gain slider on the focused track. Each keypress decreases the gain value by 1 dB. |
| Mute/Unmute focused track | SHIFT + U | Toggles the Mute button on the focused track. |
| Open menu on focused track | SHIFT + M | Opens the Track Drop-Down Menu on the focused track. Use Up and Down arrow keys to navigate the menu and Enter to select a menu item. Use Right arrow to open the "Set Sample Format" and "Set Rate" choices or Left arrow to leave those choices. |
| Solo/Unsolo focused track | SHIFT + S | Toggles the Solo button on the focused track. |
| Remove focused track | SHIFT + C | Removes the focused track. |
Menu items assignable in Keyboard Preferences: Add New Stereo Track; Add New Label Track; Add New Time Track; Stereo to Mono; Mix and Render; Resample...; Remove Tracks; Align End to End, Align Tracks Together; the following seven commands whose first entry applies to and second entry applies to :
Sync-Lock Tracks; Edit Labels; Sort Tracks By Start Time; Sort Tracks By Name. Holding SHIFT while clicking above or below a selected track adds the SHIFT-clicked track to the selection. This shortcut cannot be configured in Keyboard Preferences.
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| (1) | See Audacity Selection for examples of changing track focus and selection. |
