Recording

 

Action	Mac	Windows
Start record	Command+Spacebar, F12, or 3 (on numeric keypad)*	Ctrl+Spacebar, or F12, or 3 (on numeric keypad)
Stop record	Spacebar	Spacebar
Stop record and discard recording take (not undoable)	Command+Period (.)	Ctrl+Period (.)
Half-speed record	Command+Shift+Spacebar, or Shift+F12*	Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar, or Shift+F12
Enable/disable online record	Command+Option+Spacebar*	Ctrl+Alt+Spacebar
Record-safe track	Command-click on track Record Enable button	Ctrl-click on track Record Enable button
Cycle through record modes: normal, Destructive, Loop, QuickPunch™, TrackPunch, DestructivePunch	Control-click on Transport Record Enable button	Start-click on Transport Record Enable button
Loop Record toggle	Option+L	Alt+L
TrackPunch toggle (Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools with Complete Production Toolkit only)	Command+Shift+T	Ctrl+Shift+T
QuickPunch toggle	Command+Shift+P	Ctrl+Shift+P
Enter/Exit record during playback in QuickPunch	Command+Spacebar, F12, or click Transport Record button*	Ctrl+Spacebar, F12, or click Transport Record Enable button
DestructivePunch or TrackPunch enable/disable an audio track (Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools with Complete Production Toolkit only)	Control-click the track’s Record Enable button	Start-click the track’s Record Enable button
DestructivePunch or TrackPunch enable/disable all audio tracks (Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools with Complete Production Toolkit only)	Option-Control-click a track’s Record Enable button	Alt-Start-click a track’s Record Enable button
DestructivePunch or TrackPunch enable/disable all selected audio tracks (Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools with Complete Production Toolkit only)	Control-Option-Shift-click a track’s Record Enable button	Start-Alt-Shift-click a track’s Record Enable button
Simultaneously DestructivePunch or TrackPunch enable/disable and record enable/disable all audio tracks (Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools with Complete Production Toolkit only)	Option-click a track’s Record Enable button	Alt-click a track’s Record Enable button
Simultaneously DestructivePunch or TrackPunch enable/disable and record enable/disable all selected audio tracks (Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools with Complete Production Toolkit only)	Option-Shift-click a track’s Record Enable button	Alt-Shift-click a track’s Record Enable button
Temporarily force all VCA slave tracks to toggle their record enable status (Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools with Complete Production Toolkit only)	Option-click the VCA Record Enable button	Alt-click the VCA Record Enable button
Temporarily force all VCA slave tracks to toggle their Track Input status (Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools with Complete Production Toolkit only)	Option-click the VCA TrackInput button	Alt-click the VCA TrackInput button
Enable or disable pre/post-roll time	Command+K	Ctrl+K
Set and enable pre/post-roll time	Option-click with Selector before or after selection	Alt-click with Selector tool before or after selection
Disable and set to zero pre/post-roll time	Option-click within selection closer to front or back	Alt-click within selection closer to front or back
*Some Pro Tools recording shortcuts use the same key commands as some Mac OS X shortcuts. If you want to retain use of these key commands in Pro Tools, these Mac OS X shortcuts must be disabled.