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Playback reference

The following table describes all the transport bar buttons and their keyboard equivalents. You may use these playback functions at any time while working in your project.

Note: The use of many multimedia keyboards is also supported for controlling playback.

Button Keyboard

Function

 

 

+

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Begin recording into record-enabled tracks

 

Ctrl

 

R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Q

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turn on/off loop playback during time selection playback

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Begin playback from the start of the project

 

Shift

 

+

Space

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Begin playback from cursor position

 

Space

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pause playback, cursor stops and holds at pause position

 

Enter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stop playback, cursor stops and returns to prior cursor position

 

Space

or

Esc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+

 

 

 

 

Place cursor at the beginning of project

 

Ctrl

 

Home

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+

 

 

 

Place cursor at the end of the project

 

Ctrl

 

End

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tip: You can use the spacebar to stop or pause playback, depending on your preference. From the Options menu, choose Preferences, and on the General tab, select Make to change

Scrubbing

Scrubbing is a type of timeline playback that gives you precise control over the speed and direction of playback. Both linear and logarithmic scale scrubbing are allowed. For more information, see General tab on page 336.

The use of multimedia controllers is supported for scrubbing. For more information on using the software

with multimedia controllers, please see the online help. To access help, choosefrom the Help menu.

Tip: Choose a setting from the JKL / shuttle speed drop-down list on the Editing tab of the Preferences dialog to control the scrub speed and range when using the keyboard or multimedia controllers.

Four methods of scrubbing are provided.

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