Playbar

The playbar is located in the bottom-left corner of a data window. You can use the playbar to navigate and play audio files in a variety of

ways.

Go to Start Moves the cursor to the start of the file.

Go to End Moves the cursor to the end of the file.

Go to Next Track Moves the cursor to the next disc-at­ once track or index. Hold Ctrl while clicking to skip index markers, or press Shift to extend a selection.

Note: This button is displayed only if disc-at-once tracks are present in your data window.

Play Plug-In Chainer Previews the audio processed through plug-ins when the Plug-In Chainer window is open.

If there is a selection, plays from the beginning of the selection to the end of the selection.

If the Plug-In Chainer window is not open, the Open Plug- In Chainer button () is displayed instead.

Stop Stops playback and returns the cursor to its position prior to playback.

Play as Cutlist Plays the file with the regions in the cutlist omitted. This button is displayed only if you treat the playlist as a cutlist.

Play Normal Plays from the cursor to the end of the file.

If there is a selection, plays from the beginning of the selection to the end of the selection.

Go to Previous Track Moves the cursor to the previous disc-at-once track or index. Hold Ctrl while clicking to skip index markers, or hold Shift to extend a selection.

Note: This button is displayed only if disc-at-once tracks are present in your data window.

Play as Sample Plays the file with the sustaining and release loops repeating the specified number of times. This button is displayed only if you have defined a sample loop.

Current playback mode

When you play a file from the playbar, a small horizontal line appears beneath the selected Play button’s icon (). This indicates the current playback mode, which is the mode used when you click the transport bar Play () button. For more information, see Transport toolbar on page 37.

Changing the current playback mode

To change the current playback mode, click a playbar button or press X.

Optional Rewind and Forward buttons

You can choose to display Rewind () and Forward () shuttle controls on the playbar. From the Options menu, choose Preferences, and select the Show shuttle controls on Data Window transport check box on the General tab.

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