Almost every available function in Ardour can be bound to a keyboard shortcut (and those few that cannot will usually respond to an OSC command). Ardour comes with a rich set of default key bindings for the most commonly used functions.
These bindings strive to be mnemonic, 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 — there are alternative binding sets for that —
but it does make it simpler for newcomers to remember some of the most
useful ones, for example
S for Region > Edit > Split"
or
P for Transport > Playhead > Playhead to Mouse.
Almost every key binding in Ardour can be changed in Window > Key Bindings.
The conventions for using modifier keys ( , , etc.) differ among platforms, so we provide different default bindings for each.
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