Need a quick guide to Pro Tools key commands? Check out the latest release from Hal Leonard Books: The Complete Pro Tools Shortcuts ($29.99), the revised and expanded second edition by Jose "Chilitos" Valenzuela, which outlines more than 400 shortcuts for the latest versions of Avid Pro Tools HD and LE.

Written to help you save you time and make music with Pro Tools, The Complete Pro Tools Shortcuts offers a rather comprehensive list of shortcuts that will get you off to a running start with the DAW. Each shortcut shows the key combinations needed to complete a given task and in what context the command is available, as well as other important features.

What would a book about key command shortcuts be without shortcuts to the shortcuts? The book is designed to help readers find and use the included shortcuts quickly and easily. You can find shortcuts for specific tasks contained in a detailed table of contents divided into more than 60 sections, each one covering a section or workflow within Pro Tools. From there, each shortcut contains key commands for Mac and PC, multiple screen shots to help navigate the software, and notes and descriptions to help execute the shortcut task.

In addition to the latest keyboard commands, the 266-page The Complete Pro Tools Shortcuts offers a number of useful tips culled from Valenzuela's many years' experience as a Pro Tools producer and instructor.

A certified Pro Tools trainer based in Los Angeles, Jose "Chilitos" Valenzuela is a musician, recording / mixing engineer, and author of several other books, including Hal Leonard's The Complete Pro Tools Handbook, Audio Digital, and Diccionario Ilustrado de Musica Electronica, as well as Descrubriendo MIDI (Backbeat Books).

The Complete Pro Tools Shortcuts is now available from Hal Leonard Books for $29.99. For more information, visit halleonardbooks.com.