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Pro Tools Quick Tips - New Playlist

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Playlists are so useful, If you don’t use them a lot you aren’t using them enough! You can get by without them but in pretty much every application I can think of, playlists offer a more elegant and frankly better way of working.

What Is The Shortcut For Create New Playlist?

Rather than create a new playlist by clicking the playlist selector on the track header in the edit window (the little downward pointing arrow to the right of the track name), use Ctrl+\ or Start+\ on the PC to open the new playlist dialogue.

What Is The Shortcut For Duplicate Playlist?

Sometimes you want to Duplicate an existing playlist, particularly if you are going to try something as an experiment which you anticipate might not end up getting used. In cases like this just add CMD on a mac or Control on a PC. So the shortcut is Ctrl+CMD+\ on a Mac or Start+Control+\ on a PC

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