Recording Shortcuts

In addition to clicking the Record button in the Transport or Edit window to arm Pro Tools recording, you can arm and start recording with the following keyboard shortcuts:

Press F12 to start recording immediately.

On Mac systems, to use F12 for recording, the Mac “Dashboard” feature must be disabled or remapped. See your User Guide for details.

Press Command+Spacebar (Mac) or Control+Spacebar (Windows) to start recording.

On Mac systems, to use Command+Spacebar for recording, the Mac “Spotlight” feature must be disabled or remapped. See your User Guide for details.

Press 3 on the numeric keypad (when the Numeric Keypad mode is set to Transport) to start recording.

To initiate recording at half speed, press Command+Shift+Spacebar (Mac) or Control+Shift+Spacebar (Windows). See Half-Speed Recording.