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Contents 1 REAPER Keyboard Shortcuts 1.1 Basic Program Operation 1.2 Transport controls 1.3 Edit Options 1.4 View control 1.5 Loop Selection 1.6 Track Editing 1.7 Item Editing 1.8 Item Editing Modifiers 1.9 Envelope Editing Modifiers 1.10 Track Selection Modifiers

REAPER Keyboard Shortcuts

Under the surface of REAPER's GUI lies incredible power and flexibility. The following shortcuts are enabled by default. Open Preferences/Keyboard to edit existing shortcuts or add new ones.

Basic Program Operation

Ctrl N	New project
Ctrl O	Open project
Ctrl S	Save project
Ctrl Alt S	Save project as...
Ctrl Alt R	Render project to disk
Ctrl Alt B	Bounce live output to disk
Ctrl P	View Preferences
Ctrl Q	Quit REAPER
Ctrl Alt N	Spawn new instance of REAPER
Alt Enter	Project settings
Ctrl F1	About box
F1	Keyboard shortcuts box
Ctrl Z	Undo
Ctrl Shift Z	Redo
Ctrl Alt Z	Show Undo History Window

Transport controls

Enter	Play/Pause
Space	Play/Stop
Ctrl Space	Play/Pause
R	Toggle Repeat
Ctrl R	Record (if any tracks are armed)
End	Go to end of project
Home	Go to beginning of project
W	Go to beginning of project
"	Go to cursor
'	Go to play position
	Zoom in
-	Zoom out
0-9	Jump to marker 0-9
Ctrl J	Jump to time window
Ctrl Left	Rewind a little bit
Ctrl Right	Fast forward a little bit

Edit Options

Alt L	Toggle grid lines
Alt Shift L	Toggle grid snapping
M	Insert marker at current position
Shift M	Insert marker at current position, with name

View control

Ctrl M	Toggle mixer visible
Ctrl Alt M	Toggle master track visible
Ctrl NumPad	Zoom loop selection
Ctrl Page Up	Zoom loop selection
Ctrl Shift Up	Zoom in vertical
Ctrl Shift Down	Zoom out vertical
Page Up	Zoom in horizontal
Page Down	Zoom out horizontal
Mousewheel	Zoom horizontal
Ctrl Mousewheel	Zoom vertical
Alt Mousewheel	Scroll horizontal
Ctrl Alt Mousewheel	Scroll vertical
`	Toggle tracks to minimum height
~	Toggle tracks to maximum height
Alt Down	Scroll view down
Alt Up	Scroll view up
Alt Left	Scroll view left
Alt Right	Scroll view right
Left	Move cursor left
Right	Move cursor right
Shift Down	Decrease peaks gain
Shift Up	Increase peaks gain

Loop Selection

,	Nudge loop selection left
.	Nudge loop selection right
<	Shift loop selection left (by loop selection length)
>	Shift loop selection right (by loop selection length)
Shift Left	Move cursor left, creating selection
Shift Right	Move cursor right, creating selection
ESC	Remove selection

Track Editing

Ctrl T	Insert new track
V	Toggle track volume envelope
P	Toggle track pan envelope
Ctrl Down	Nudge volume for selected tracks down
Ctrl Up	Nudge volume for selected tracks up

Item Editing

S	Split items at cursor
Shift S	Split items at play cursor
G	Group items
Ctrl G	Select all items in group
U	Remove items from group
Ctrl A	Select all
Ctrl C	Copy selected items
Ctrl Shift C	Copy selected portion of selected items
Ctrl Alt L	Copy loop of selected portion of selected items
Ctrl X	Cut selected items
Ctrl V	Paste items
Delete	Delete selected items
Insert	Insert media files to project
Ctrl Alt E	Open selected items in external editor
Ctrl Shift N	Normalize selected items
T	Select next take of selected items
Shift T	Select previous take of selected items
Ctrl Shift T	Delete current take of selected items
F2	Properties for selected items
Ctrl F2	Properties for selected items source media
NumPad 1/3	Move contents of selected items left/right but do not move the items themselves
NumPad 4/6	Move selected items left/right
NumPad 7/9	Move selected items left/right, but preserve timing of contents
NumPad 8/2	Move selected items up/down one track

Item Editing Modifiers

• When moving a media item:

Shift	Disables snapping
Ctrl	Ignores grouping
Alt	Moves item without moving contents
Alt Shift	Moves contents without moving item

• Sizing the edge of an item:

Alt	Toggles auto-crossfading
Shift	Disables snapping
Ctrl	Ignores grouping

Envelope Editing Modifiers

Ctrl	Disables snap-point-to-center
Alt	Limits point movement to horizontal
Ctrl Alt	Limits point movement to vertical
Shift	if held when clicked on a point, duplicates point
Shift	if held when clicked on an envelope segment, moves segment
Shift	otherwise, allows you to change order of envelope points

Track Selection Modifiers

Shift	Selects a range of tracks
Ctrl	Toggles whether a track is selected without affecting other tracks
Ctrl	on volume/pan faders When mouse released, will snap back to its original position

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