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To stop playback:

mPress the Space bar again.

Here are a few more keyboard shortcuts to use for playing a multitrack project.

To do this

Do this

To play your project at normal

Press L.

(1x) speed

 

 

 

To pause playback

Press K.

 

 

To play your project in reverse at

Press J.

normal (1x) speed

 

 

 

To double, triple, or quadruple

Press L or J two, three, or four times.

the current playback speed

 

 

 

To move the playhead to the

Press Return.

beginning of clip cycle regions

 

 

 

To move the playhead to the

Press Shift-Return.

beginning of the Timeline

 

and immediately start playing

 

the project

 

 

 

To move the playhead to the

Press the Up Arrow key.

previous edit

 

 

 

To move the playhead to the

Press the Down Arrow key.

next edit

 

 

 

To solo a track

Click the Solo button on the appropriate track, then press the

 

Space bar to play only the soloed track.

 

 

To mute a track

Click the Mute button on the appropriate track, then press the

 

Space bar to play the project without the muted track.

 

 

As you know, you should save your project and save it often! A Soundtrack Pro multitrack project (.stmp) contains information about the clips it contains and how those clips are arranged and edited.

A multitrack project file does not include the audio files used in the project; instead, it refers to the files in their saved locations. This keeps the project file size relatively small.

Once you’ve specified a project’s name and location, saving can be as easy as playing a project.

Chapter 2 Assembling Your Multitrack Project

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2 specifications

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