Reaper Key Shortcuts

Reaper Quick Key Reference Guide

Here's our list of keystrokes that we've created for you to use in Reaper. If you wish to change any of these keystrokes or to build your own custom actions, there are instructions on how to do that here: Reaper Actions

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KEY 

ACTION

Play/Pause 

Spacebar (cursor will remain where it is stopped)

Play/Stop 

Ctrl+Spacebar (cursor will return to where it began playing)

Enter/Return 

Play from beginning of project

Alt+Spacebar 

Play from beginning of selected MIDI notes

Double Left Click 

Writes single MIDI note the length of the smallest grid marker (ie: grid set to 1/16, command will write 1/16 note).

Left Drag 

Writes MIDI note

Right Click Drag 

Select box

Shift+Mousewheel 

Scroll horizontally

Ctrl+Mousewheel 

Zooms vertically

Alt+Mousewheel 

Zooms horizontally

Ctrl+Right Arrow 

Moves cursor right one grid unit

Ctrl+Left Arrow 

Moves cursor left one grid unit

Up Arrow 

Move selected notes up a semitone/Move selected audio up a track

Down Arrow 

Move selected notes up a semitone/Move selected audio down one track

Right Arrow 

Move selected notes/audio right one grid unit

Left Arrow 

Move selected notes/audio left one grid unit

Shift+Left 

Move cursor left, creating time selection

Shift+Right 

Move cursor right creating time selection

L 

Move cursor to left of selected

Ctrl+Left Drag 

Copy/Drag Selected

Tab 

Move cursor to next transient in selected object

Shift+Tab 

Move cursor to previous transient in selected object

Alt+Shift+C 

Create measure from time selection (detects tempo)

Q 

Set tempo by bar

T 

Set tempo by bar and change time signature

Shift+K 

Auto generates count in

S 

Splices audio

J 

Joins selected notes

Shift+D 

Deletes selected double notes

Alt+C 

Copy selected notes down one octave

Shift+C 

Copy selected notes from Expert down to LH Anims

Shift+A 

Align all text (lyric) events with selected notes

Shift+> 

Shift all text (lyric) events forward one selected note

Shift+< 

Shift all text (lyric) events back one selected note

Ctrl+Alt+E 

Open selected items in MIDI Editor

Alt+N 

Cycles through active MIDI Items

U 

Unison Phrase Burn