The first reason is that it isn’t an either/or choice. So why would you want to turn them off? Here are three reasons: You Can Turn Them Back On So Easily These single keystrokes are very fast and very convenient. I can use Command + square brackets or the Command Focus alternatives R and T. The same goes for actions like zooming in and out. For example if I want to cut a region at the cursor, or in Pro Tools speak ‘Separate a Clip At Selection’ I can use Command+E or the single keystroke alternative from the Command Focus shortcuts ‘B’.
So there are (at least) two ways of doing most things in Pro Tools. Pro Tools has two sets of keyboard shortcuts, the standard set which combine a combination of modifier keys and standard keys to provide shortcuts to Pro Tools functions, and Command Focus which is the name of a second set of editing shortcuts which use single keystrokes.
