App preset
Avid Pro Tools: controller layout for Mac
Avid Pro Tools can be driven from a game controller, a MIDI pad, or an adaptive controller on a Mac. InputConfig sends real keyboard and mouse events, so the app sees an ordinary keyboard and mouse. This is the layout the app's Smart Preset Maker builds for it: DAW transport, play and record, zoom, edit, mark, undo and save.
Get the preset in two clicks
- Open InputConfig and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
- Search for Avid Pro Tools and pick it. The layout below is created as a preset in your sidebar, named and ready.
- Press Activate. Every row can be changed afterwards: the editor's Scan button rebinds any control the moment you touch it.
The full button map
| Controller | Sends | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Left stick left | Mouse motion left (speed 16) | Left stick left moves the cursor left across the edit window |
| Left stick right | Mouse motion right (speed 16) | Left stick right moves the cursor right across the edit window |
| Left stick up | Mouse motion up (speed 16) | Left stick up moves the cursor up |
| Left stick down | Mouse motion down (speed 16) | Left stick down moves the cursor down |
| Right stick left | Scroll left | Right stick left scrolls the timeline left |
| Right stick right | Scroll right | Right stick right scrolls the timeline right |
| Right stick up | Scroll up | Right stick up scrolls the track list up |
| Right stick down | Scroll down | Right stick down scrolls the track list down |
| Left trigger | Ctrl (Left), [ | Left trigger presses Ctrl+left bracket to zoom horizontally out |
| Right trigger | Ctrl (Left), ] | Right trigger presses Ctrl+right bracket to zoom horizontally in |
| A / Cross | Space | A presses Space to play or stop |
| B / Circle | Ctrl (Left), Space | B presses Ctrl+Space to arm and start recording |
| X / Square | B | X presses B to separate the clip at the cursor |
| Y / Triangle | E | Y presses E to toggle the zoom view |
| LB / L1 | A | Left bumper presses A to trim the clip start to the cursor |
| RB / R1 | D | Right bumper presses D to trim the clip end to the cursor |
| L3 (left stick click) | Tab | Left stick click presses Tab to jump to the next transient or clip edge |
| D-pad up | Keypad Enter | D-pad up presses the keypad Enter to create a memory location marker |
| D-pad down | Return | D-pad down presses Return to send the playhead to the start |
| D-pad left | Ctrl (Left), Z | D-pad left presses Ctrl+Z to undo |
| D-pad right | Ctrl (Left), Shift (Left), Z | D-pad right presses Ctrl+Shift+Z to redo |
| Back / Share / Select | R | Back presses R to zoom out one level on the edit window |
| Start / Options | Ctrl (Left), S | Start presses Ctrl+S to save the session |
Button names follow the Xbox / PlayStation pair shown in the editor, so A / Cross is the bottom face button on either pad. On a Switch Pro Controller the bottom button is labelled B; the mapping still fires on position.
Tips
- A plays and stops with the spacebar, B arms and records with Ctrl+Space, and Y toggles the zoom view with E.
- D-pad up drops a memory location with the keypad Enter, and the triggers zoom horizontally with Ctrl+bracket.
Make it yours
Nothing here is fixed. Rows can be re-scanned to a different control, given hold and double-tap actions, chords, turbo, macros, haptic or spoken feedback, and per-binding deadzones and sensitivity curves. The binding editor guide covers every option, and the controller map shows what each control is called.
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