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 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.
Go to End Moves the cursor to the end of the file. 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 Play as Cutlist Plays the file with the regions in the cutlist
prior to playback. 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. Play as Sample Plays the file with the sustaining and
release loops repeating the specified number of times.
If there is a selection, plays from the beginning of the
This button is displayed only if you have defined a sample
selection to the end of the selection.
loop.
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.
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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