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<p>
Almost every available function in Ardour can be bound to a keyboard
shortcut (and those few that cannot will usually respond to an <a
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href="/using-control-surfaces/controlling-ardour-with-osc/"><abbr
title="Open Sound Control">OSC</abbr> command</a>). Ardour comes with a
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rich set of default <dfn>key bindings</dfn> for the most commonly used
functions.
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<p>
These bindings strive to be <dfn>mnemonic</dfn>, that is, easy and intuitive to remember, and follow widely accepted conventions. As a general rule, the first letter of an operation will be used for as a shortcut, if available. This does not necessarily lead to the best ergonomics for rapid editing&mdash;there are alternative binding sets for that&mdash;but it does make it simpler for newcomers to remember some of the most useful ones, for example<br>
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<kbd>S</kbd> for <kbd class="menu">Region &gt; Edit &gt; Split"</kbd>
or<br>
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<kbd>P</kbd> for <kbd class="menu">Transport &gt; Playhead &gt; Playhead to Mouse</kbd>.
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<p>
Existing key bindings in menus are listed on the right side of the
menu items. To create a custom key binding for a menu item quickly, navigate to
the relevant (sub-) menu, hover over the item with the mouse and press
the desired combination of modifiers and key.
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<p class="warning">
Ardour will silently re-assign the binding if you use a key
combination that is already in use, possibly removing a standard
keyboard shortcut without warning you. That might lead to confusion
when you ask other users for help, and they explain something in terms
of a standard key binding, which will then have a completely
different effect on your system.
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<p>
Almost every key binding in Ardour can be looked for and/or changed in
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<kbd class="menu">Window &gt; Key Bindings</kbd>.
</p>
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<p>
The conventions for using modifier keys (<kbd class="mod1">&nbsp;</kbd>, <kbd
class="mod2">&nbsp;</kbd>, <kbd class="mod3">&nbsp;</kbd> etc.) differ among platforms, so we
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provide different default bindings for each.
</p>
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