You can use the Visual Keyboard Shortcut editor to view the keys with their assigned shortcuts, assign new shortcuts, and delete existing ones. The feature also lets you easily navigate and provides maximum workflow efficiency. A tool tip reveals the full command name when you hover over a key in the Keyboard layout.
When you select a key on the Keyboard Layout, you can view all the commands that are assigned to that key and all other modifier combinations.
- Audition detects the keyboard hardware and the appropriate keyboard layout is displayed accordingly.
- When Audition detects a non-supported keyboard, the default view is to display the U.S. English keyboard. By default, the Adobe Audition Default preset is displayed.
- When you change a shortcut, the preset pop-up menu changes to Custom. After you make the required changes, use the Save As option to save the customized shortcut set as a preset.
The Keyboard Shortcut window appears which shows you the layout of a keyboard. The keys with shortcuts assigned are marked in Purple. All the shortcuts (marked in purple) are application-wide shortcuts.

You can assign shortcuts by dragging a command from the Command List to a key in the Keyboard Layout, or on a modifier combination for the currently selected key displayed in the Key Modifier List. The Command List and the Modifier List appear below the keyboard.
- To assign a command to a key along with a modifier, hold down the modifiers during drag-and-drop.
- To remove shortcuts assigned to a key, select a key and click Undo.

When an existing shortcut conflicts with another command:
- A warning appears at the bottom of the editor.
- Undo and Clear buttons in the lower right corner are enabled.
- The command in conflict is highlighted in blue, and clicking this automatically selects the command in the command list.
This allows users to easily change the assignment for the conflicting command.
You can apply default Pro Tools shortcuts in Audition. Pro Tools is a digital audio workstation that functions as a multitrack tape recorder and audio mixer along with more features.
These partial lists include the shortcuts that Adobe Audition experts find most useful. For a complete list of shortcuts, choose Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts.
Result |
Windows shortcut |
Mac OS shortcut |
---|---|---|
Toggle between Waveform and Multitrack Editor |
8 |
8 |
Start and stop playback |
Spacebar |
Spacebar |
Move current-time indicator to beginning of timeline |
Home |
Home |
Move current-time indicator to end of timeline |
End |
End |
Move current-time indicator to previous marker, clip, or selection edge |
Ctrl+left arrow |
Command+left arrow |
Move current-time indicator to next marker, clip, or selection edge |
Ctrl+right arrow |
Command+right arrow |
Toggle preference for Return CTI To Start Position On Stop |
Shift+X |
Shift+X |
Zoom in horizontally |
= |
= |
Zoom in vertically |
Alt+= |
Option+= |
Zoom out horizontally |
- |
- |
Zoom out vertically |
Alt+minus sign |
Option+minus sign |
Add marker |
M or * (asterisk) |
M or * (asterisk) |
Move to previous marker | Ctrl+Alt+left arrow | Cmd+Option+left arrow |
Move to next marker | Ctrl+Alt+right arrow | Cmd+Option+right arrow |
The following keyboard shortcuts apply only in the Waveform Editor.
Result |
Windows shortcut |
Mac OS shortcut |
---|---|---|
Repeat previous command (opening its dialog box and clicking OK) |
Shift+R |
Shift+R |
Repeat previous command (opening its dialog box but not clicking OK) |
Ctrl+R |
Command+R |
Open Convert Sample Type dialog box |
Shift+T |
Shift+T |
Capture a noise reduction profile for the Noise Reduction effect |
Shift+P |
Shift+P |
Activate left channel of a stereo file for editing |
Up arrow |
Up arrow |
Activate right channel of a stereo file for editing |
Down arrow |
Down arrow |
Make spectral display more logarithmic or linear |
Ctrl+Alt+up or down arrow |
Option+Command+up or down arrow |
Make spectral display fully logarithmic or linear |
Ctrl+Alt+Page Up or Down |
Option+Command+Page Up or Down |
Increase or decrease spectral resolution |
Shift+Ctrl+up or down arrow |
Shift+Command-up or down arrow |
The following keyboard shortcuts apply only in the Multitrack Editor.
Result |
Windows shortcut |
Mac OS shortcut |
---|---|---|
Select the same input or output for all audio tracks |
Ctrl+Shift-select |
Command+Shift-select |
Activate or deactivate Mute, Solo, Arm For Record, or Monitor Input in all tracks |
Ctrl+Shift-click |
Command+Shift-click |
Adjust knobs in large increments |
Shift-drag |
Shift-drag |
Adjust knobs in small increments |
Ctrl-drag |
Command-drag |
Nudge selected clip to the left |
Alt+comma |
Option+comma |
Nudge selected clip to the right |
Alt+period |
Alt+period |
Maintain keyframe time position or parameter value |
Shift-drag |
Shift-drag |
Reposition envelope segment without creating keyframe |
Ctrl-drag |
Command-drag |