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 Animations.
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. See Unison Phrase Setup and Overdrive Authoring.