Pro Tools is a strong multi-track editing program, but unless you’re willing to drop some change on a custom keyboard, it can be tough to learn all the keyboard shortcuts.  I’m featuring one a week in an attempt to highlight the tricks I find most useful.

Bounce to Disk:  Command + Option + B

There’s a debate with Pro Tools about the quality of the summing bus - many people claim to prefer the sound of summing through an Aux channel over the Bounce to Disk tool.  When I’ve finished a mix I usually record the mix onto a separate channel, but before that point I find myself using Bounce to Disk quite a bit.  I probably use it most when playing out takes for an artist, for take selection.  If I have a lot of takes to work through, clicking File->Bounce->Bounce to Disk gets tedious.  This shortcut is a huge time saver when I’m working in this mode.