Playing the project
You have several methods for playing your projects.
Using the transport bar
All buttons required to play your project are located on the transport bar. The transport bar should look somewhat familiar to you, as it contains buttons found on most home CD and cassette players. For more information, see Transport bar on page 21.
Using playback options
As you build a project, you will likely have different playback needs. For example, you may want to hear the project in its entirety when checking the final mix, but not when you are working on the ending. Because of this, you have three playback options:
•Playing the entire project.
•Playing from the cursor position.
•Playing in looped playback.
Playing the entire project
To begin playback from the beginning of the project, click the transport bar’s Play From Start button (
) or press Shift+Space. To stop playback, click the transport bar’s Stop button (
) or press Space.
Playing from the cursor position
To begin playback from the current cursor position, click the transport bar’s Play button(
) or press Space. To stop playback, click the transport bar’s Stop button (
) or press Space.
Playing in looped playback
You can also limit playback to a specific loop region on the track view. This playback method uses the transport bar’s Loop Playback
button (
) and allows you to
1.Drag the handles of the loop bar to create the desired loop region.
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2.Click the Loop Playback button (
) to turn on looped playback.
3.Click the transport bar’s Play button (
) or press Space. Playback of the selected area begins. To stop playback, click the transport bar’s Stop button (
) or press Space.
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