Hi there!
Have a look over the video below, the notes will be under it:

OK – so what were the shortcuts?
There unfortunately aren’t any for the Copy Special commands, however they can be easily accessed on an ICON from the Edit Function buttons (Func 1, pages 2 & 3)

Paste Special – Repeat to Fill Selection is simply Ctrl+Command+V (or Ctrl+Win+V on XP)

Viewing your plug in automation is Ctrl+command+ either touching a parameter on the surface of your ICON or clicking on a parameter in the plug in window.

When I was opening and closing plug ins I used a few shortcuts: Opt click on close to close all open plug in windows, Ctrl+Opt+Command+W to show/hide all floating windows and Shit+clicking to open multiple plug ins for comparison – obviously windows configs come in handy here also (see my second blog entry)

Copying plug in settings from one channel on the ICON to another – view in inserts mode, then Ctrl+shift+Select button under the plug in you wish to copy from
Ctrl+Shift+BMP button under the matching plug in on another channel that you wish to paste to

Gliding automation can take a bit of getting used to.
Seems the easiest keyboard driven workflow (as demoed in the video) is writing the “To” setting, clicking inside that area, Suspending automation and then moving your Selection’s in point to the place where you wish to glide From. Then press Option+Shift+Forward Slash(/) or Alt+Shift+Forward Slash(/) on XP to Glide All enabled automation parameters. Remove your Automation suspend, hit back and play and voila!

On an ICON it’s easier (as you’d expect) – simply highlight your selection whilst in Latch mode (with Latch Prime in stop pref ticked) flick over your plug in setting (or copy paste it from the insert view on your channel) and hit glide to all enabled and you’re done.

So those are few of the Automation functions that help manage things when playback is stopped. If you’ve got any other tips or tricks regarding these ideas (maybe some alternative glide workflows?) PLEASE log in and drop us a comment!