


Now whenever your mouse cursor is in the lower half of any region in your sequencer, the tool will change into the marquee tool. Go to preferences – general – editing, and click “marquee tool click zones”. If you want quick access to the marquee tool without selecting it first, you can set it to be activated on click zones. Then you can hover your cursor on the fade line and shape its curve. Now when you hover your mouse cursor at the top left or right side of an audio region, the cursor changes and you can left-click and drag to create a fade in or fade out. Go to preferences – general – editing, and click the box “fade tool click zones”. You can get quick access to the fade tool by activating “click zones”. There you will find “right mouse button”, and you can select “is assignable to a tool”. You can add a third tool in both your sequencer and editor, which will be tied to the right-click button on your mouse. You simply press CTRL + CMD and your cursor will change into the velocity tool. When you are editing velocity levels in your piano roll editor, you can quickly access the velocity tool without changing into it in your tools menu. When your automation is visible either in the sequencer or piano roll editor, you can press SHIFT + CTRL to activate the automation curve tool. Let’s learn 7 of them, right now! =) 1 – Automation Curve Tool = SHIFT + CTRL There are actually a range of tools and keyboard shortcuts that you can access in Logic that are not visible or available at first glance. Do you want to improve your workflow in Logic Pro by using several “hidden shortcuts”?
