Audacity shortcut keys for windows

Audacity is open-source software that edits digital audio as well as recording application. it is a difficult situation when you don’t know the right shortcut key and need to move around your mouse to find the right tool. there are tons of articles out there on the internet which will give you shortcut keys that are not mostly used.

In this article, I had given 80 plus mostly used shortcut keys of audacity. I had given a useful shortcut key that will boost your work and save time. after this, you will be familiar with the file menu, view meu, edit menu, tools, transport menu, device toolbar, audio track dropdown menu, etc.

I usually use audacity when I create YouTube videos for my channel. I had collected 10 plus articles from the internet and among them, I had chosen the best and mostly used shortcut keys for my reader.

If you have any issue related to these shortcut keys for audacity or even if you got the most used shortcut keys and I missed them on this article then please comment down in the comment section below. I will reach you within 24hrs.

I personally use audacity for my YouTube videos to edit digital audio. Audacity software is one of the best software out there on the internet which will edit quality digital audio, so in order to get used to audacity, shortcut keys will save your precious time.

So, Let’s begin

File Menu

Action	Shortcut
To create New	Ctrl + N
To Open	Ctrl + O
To Close	Ctrl + W
To Save	Ctrl + S
To Exit	Ctrl + Q
To Import audio	Ctrl + Shift + I
To Export audio	Ctrl + Shift + E
To Export multiple	Ctrl + Shift + L

 

Tools

Action	Shortcut
To Selection tool	F1
To Envelope tool	F2
To Draw tool	F3
To Zoom tool	F4
To Timeshift tool	F5
To Multi-tool	F6
To Next-tool	D
To the Previous tool	A

 

Transport Menu

Action	Shortcut
To Play or stop	Spacebar
To Play or stop and set the cursor	X
To Loop play	Shift + Spacebar
To Pause	P
To Skip to start	Home
To Skip to end	End
To Record	R
To Timer record	Shift + T
To Append record	Shift + R
To Play one second	1
To Play to selection	B
To Play cut preview	C
To Play a short period before selection start	Shift + F5
To Play a short period after selection start	Shift + F6
To Play a short period before selection end	Shift + F7
To Play a short period after the selection end	Shift + F8
To Play a short period before and after selection start	Ctrl + Shift + F5
To Play short period before and after selection end	Ctrl + Shift + F7
To Short Seek Left during Playback	,
To Short Seek right during Playback	.

 

View Menu

Action	Shortcut
To Zoom in	Ctrl + 1
To Zoom normal	Ctrl + 2
To Zoom out	Ctrl + 3
To Zoom to selection	Ctrl + E
To Fit in window	Ctrl + F
To Fit vertically	Ctrl + Shift + F
To Go to selection start	Ctrl + [
To Go to selection end	Ctrl + ]
To Collapse all tracks	Ctrl + Shift + C
To Expand collapsed tracks	Ctrl + Shift + X
To Fullscreen on or off	F11

 

Edit Menu

Action	Shortcut
To Undo	Ctrl + Z
To Redo	Ctrl + Y
To Cut	Ctrl + X
To Delete	Delete
To Split cut	Ctrl + Alt + X
To Split delete	Ctrl + Alt + K
To Silence audio	Ctrl + L
To Time audio	Ctrl + T
To Split	Ctrl + I
To Split New	Ctrl + Alt + I
To Join	Ctrl + J
To Detach at silence	Ctrl + Alt + J
To Copy	Ctrl + C
To Paste	Ctrl + V
To Paste text as the new label	Ctrl + Alt + V
To Duplicate	Ctrl + D
To Select all	Ctrl + A
To Select none	Ctrl + Shift + A
To Find zero crossings	Z
To Move the cursor to track the start	J
To Move the cursor to track the end	K
To Move to and open the next label	Tab
To Preferences	Ctrl + P
To Move to and open the previous label	Shift + Tab
To Selection to start	Shift + Home
To Selection to end	Shift + End
To Cursor Short Jump Left	,
To Cursor Short Jump right	.
To Cursor long Jump Left	Shift + ,
To Cursor long Jump right	Shift + .

 

Audio Track Dropdown Menu

Action	Shortcuts
To Open menu on a focused track	Shift + M
To Mute or Unmute focused track	Shift + U
To Solo or Unsolo focused track	Shift + S
To Change gain on a focused track	Shift + G
To Change pan on a focused track	Shift + P

 

Device Toolbar

Action	Shortcuts
To Change Audio Host	Shift + N
To Change Playback Device	Shift + O
To Change Recording Device	Shift + I
To Change Recording Channels	Shift + N

 

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