Adobe Audition keyboard shortcuts

Audition's published defaults cover transport and zoom, markers, Waveform Editor processing, spectral editing, and Multitrack clip or mixer adjustments. Editor-specific commands stay separate so a binding is not mistaken for an application-wide action.

Windows, macOS · 31 shortcuts

Playback, zoom, and markers

These defaults work across the Waveform and Multitrack editors unless the active control consumes the same key first.

ActionWindowsmacOS
Switch between Waveform and Multitrack Editor11
Start or stop playbackSpaceSpace
Move the current-time indicator to the timeline startHomeHome
Move the current-time indicator to the timeline endEndEnd
Move to the previous marker, clip, or selection edgeCtrlLeftCmdLeft
Move to the next marker, clip, or selection edgeCtrlRightCmdRight
Toggle Return CTI To Start Position On StopShiftXShiftX
Zoom in horizontally==
Zoom in verticallyAlt=Option=
Zoom out horizontally--
Zoom out verticallyAlt-Option-
Add a markerMor*Mor*
Move to the previous markerCtrlAltLeftCmdOptionLeft
Move to the next markerCtrlAltRightCmdOptionRight

Waveform Editor

These commands only apply in the Waveform Editor. The spectral adjustments move in both directions with the same modifier chord.

ActionWindowsmacOS
Repeat the previous command and confirm its dialogShiftRShiftR
Repeat the previous command and leave its dialog openCtrlRCmdR
Open Convert Sample TypeShiftTShiftT
Capture a Noise Reduction noise profileShiftPShiftP
Activate the left stereo channel for editingUpUp
Activate the right stereo channel for editingDownDown
Make the spectral display more logarithmic or linearCtrlAltUp/DownOptionCmdUp/Down
Make the spectral display fully logarithmic or linearCtrlAltPage Up/DownOptionCmdPage Up/Down
Increase or decrease spectral resolutionCtrlShiftUp/DownCmdShiftUp/Down

Multitrack Editor

Mixer modifier clicks apply the same change across audio tracks. Clip nudges move the selected clip without changing its duration.

ActionWindowsmacOS
Select the same input or output for every audio trackCtrlShiftSelectCmdShiftSelect
Toggle Mute, Solo, Arm, or Monitor Input across all tracksCtrlShiftClickCmdShiftClick
Adjust a knob in large incrementsShiftDragShiftDrag
Adjust a knob in small incrementsCtrlDragCmdDrag
Nudge the selected clip leftAlt,Option,
Nudge the selected clip rightAlt.Alt.
Nudge the selected clip upAltUpOptionUp
Nudge the selected clip downAltDownOptionDown

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