Waveforms is a must add shortcut for my workflow (I like Shift+W) so with ‘Menu to Button’ Reassignment active, hold Shift and click W. You can go to the Fast Menu on different windows and map actions from there too. Mapping menu items is not only limited to the menu bar at the top of the screen. I like to add various tools like the Audio Tool and Audio Mixer. Then go up to the menu bar and select a menu item. Go to the Keyboard Settings and click the key you want to change.

On the Command Palette activate ‘Menu to Button’ Reassignment. Once you’ve mapped every action from the Command Palette you want onto your Keyboard Settings, there’s one more step – adding menu items to your keyboard. Shift+P), hold down Shift before clicking on the Command Palette to show the Shift+ keyboard for those Keyboard Settings. To map shortcuts to the Shift modifier (i.e. I start by changing the F-keys then changing the keys with a Shift modifier since many of them are blank by default. Second is if you purchase an editor’s keyboard with the shortcuts labeled, you don’t want them to be incorrect. My first reason is because if another editor uses your settings you don’t want them accidentally performing a Lift when they thought they were marking an In Point. I shy away from changing most of the shortcuts that are already on the keyboard.

Click the icon for Add Edit and while holding down the mouse or track pad, drag and drop it onto the key on the Keyboard Settings you want to replace. This can be found under the Edit tab on the Command Palette. One of the first actions I remember adding to my keyboard was Add Edit. We’ll get to ‘Menu to Button’ Reassignment in a moment.įind an action from the Command Palette you want to add to your keyboard. When Active Palette is active on the Command Palette, any icon in the Command Palette that’s clicked that action will be performed. To begin remapping your keyboard have ‘Button to Button’ Reassignment selected. At the bottom of the Command Palette there are three buttons:

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