Join Playhead Mode, Operation Priority

15.0 Editing Tools & Modes

Join Playhead Mode

Join Playhead is the horizontal button under the "play range' and "play" buttons. Join-Playhead automatically moves the playhead to allow quick auditioning of selected ranges and/or the most recently-edited Region.

Behaviors with Join Playhead on:

•Starting playback (with the spacebar or any other means) will play the Range selection, if there is one.

•A single click in Range (or Smart-Range) mode will locate the play- head to that location.

•When a Range selection is made, the playhead will be located to the beginning of the range.

•When a region is selected with Object mode, the playhead will be located before the region, with the user-defined pre-roll.

•When a fade-in or fade-out is adjusted, the playhead will be located before the fade, with the user-defined preroll.

•When a region is start- or end-trimmed, the playhead will be located before the start or end, with the user-defined preroll

Behaviors with Join Playhead off:

•Editing clicks (such as object grabs or range selections) will have no effect on the playhead location

Tip: The pre-roll length for Join- Playhead operations is changed in

"Preferences->Misc->Edit Audition Preroll". You can also start playback with pre-roll at any time by using the "Transport->Play with Preroll" command. This command can be bound to a key if you use it often.

Tip: The combination of Join Playhead, Auto-Return, Auto-Play

options give a wide variety of possible operations. If you are familiar with another workstation’s conventions, you should experiment with these settings to see if one of them matches your expec- tations.

Operation Priority

When an editing operation occurs, Mixbus must determine where the operation applies. This depends on many fac- tors including the type of operation, the location of the Edit point, the existence of a selected Range, Track Selections, or the Implied Range. Most of the time Mixbus will do exactly what you expect it to. If it doesn't do what you expect, then it might be due to an unexpected operation priority. See the table below:

Object (Region) Editing Functions:	Edit Point Functions:	Range Editing Functions:

Example: Mute, Normalize,	Examples: Split, Trim, Align, Nudge	Examples: Separate, Crop, Cut*
Reverse, Transpose, Nudge, Cut*

Priority: (1) Any Selected Regions,	Priority: (1) Any Selected Regions	Priority: The selected Range, or
(2) Any regions on selected tracks	at the Edit point, (2) Any regions on	the Implied Range if tracks are
under the edit point	selected tracks under the edit point,	selected but no Range is specified
	(3) All regions under the edit point if
	no tracks or regions are selected

%Note: Some operations, such as Nudge and Cut (Delete), are special cases that can apply in multiple ways.

Section 15.0 - Editing Tools & Modes

Mixbus User Guide