Adobe Audition is a professional audio editing software from Adobe Systems. It supports high quality audio recording, audio file processing such as cutting, adding sound clips, removing effects, etc. and supports a variety of audio formats.
For quick operation, this software is no more useful than shortcuts. Here is a list of useful shortcuts that Adobe Audition users need to remember. To find the complete shortcut list, select Edit> Keyboard Shortcuts.
Shortcuts for zooming and playing sounds
| Function | Windows shortcut | MacOS shortcut |
| Switch between Wave form and Multitrack Editor | 8 | 8 |
| Play and stop the sound | Spacebar | Spacebar |
| Move the current time bar to the top of the timeline | Home | Home |
| Switch the current time bar only to the end of the timeline | End | End |
| Switch the current time bar to the previously selected marker, clip or edge | Ctrl+← | Command+← |
| Switch the current time bar to the next marker, clip or edge | Ctrl+→ | Command+→ |
| Convert options 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+- | Option+- |
| Add marker | M or * | M or * |
| Move to the previous marker | Ctrl+Alt+← | Cmd+Option+← |
| Move to the next marker | Ctrl+Alt+→ | Cmd+Option+→ |
Shortcuts for editing audio files
The following shortcuts apply only in Waveform Editor.
| Function | Windows shortcut | MacOS shortcut |
| Repeat the previous command (open its dialog box and click OK) | Shift+R | Shift+R |
| Repeat the previous command (open its dialog but do not click OK) | Ctrl+R | Ctrl+R |
| Open the Convert Sample Type dialog box | Shift+T | Shift+T |
| Get noise reduction configuration for Noise Reduction effect | Shift+P | Shift+P |
| Activate the left channel of the stereo file for editing | ↑ | ↑ |
| Activate the right channel of the stereo file to edit | ↓ | ↓ |
| Making audio spectrum displays multiple logarithms or linearity | Ctrl+ Alt+↑or↓ | Option+Command+↑or↓ |
| Make audio spectrum logarithmic or full linear display | Ctrl+ Alt+Page UporPage Down | Option+Command+Page UporPage Down |
| Increase or decrease the spectrum resolution | Shift+ Ctrl+↑or↓ | Shift+ Ctrl+↑or↓ |
Shortcuts for multitrack mixing sessions
| Function | Windows shortcut | MacOS shortcut |
| Select the same input or output for all audio tracks | Ctrl+ shift-select option | Command+Shift-select option |
| Activate or deactivate the Mute, Solo, Arm For Record or Monitor Input for all audio tracks | Ctrl+ shift-click the option | Command+Shift-click the option |
| Adjust buttons in bulk | Shift– Pulling operation | Shift– Pulling operation |
| Adjust the button in small quantities | Ctrl– Pulling operation | Command– Pulling operation |
| Translate the selected clip to the left | Alt+, | Option+, |
| Translate the selected clip to the right | Alt+. | Alt+. |
| Move selected clips above | Alt+↑ | Option+↑ |
| Move the selected clip down | Alt+↓ | Option+↓ |
| Hold position keyframe time or parameter value | Shift– Pulling operation | Shift– Pulling operation |
| Reposition the envelope without creating a key frame | Ctrl– Pulling operation | Command– Pulling operation |
