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# Keyboard Patching on the Timeline

You can set up video and audio patching using the keyboard. When patching to a video track with the keyboard, you are always patching to the Primary video track.

To patch a source video channel to a record track using the keyboard:

1. Press the number on the numeric keypad that corresponds to the source channel (in most cases this is 1 for source video channels).
2. Press the Video key (Tab).

   The Patch identifier is routed to the Primary video track.

To patch a source audio channel to a record track using the keyboard:

1. Press the number on the numeric keypad that corresponds to the source channel.
2. Do one of the following.

   Press: | To patch the selected channel:
   --- | ---
   Q | To record track A1.
   W | To record track A2.
   E | To record track A3.
   R | To record track A4.

   The specified source channel is patched to the appropriate record track.