Operation Manual

ADOBE AUDITION 3.0
User Guide
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Playing audio
Play audio linearly
The Transport panel provides several options for playing audio linearly, from one time point to another. For example,
youcanplaythevisibleportionofafile,theareafromthestart-timeindicatortotheendofthefile,ortheentirefile.
TostartplaybackwithoutusingtheTransportpanel,pressthespacebar.Pressthespacebaragaintostopplayback.
1 In the Main panel, do either of the following:
• Set the start-time indicator.
• Select a range.
2 In the Transport panel, right-click the standard or circled Play button, and select one of the following
options:
Play View Plays the visible portion of the file.
Play From Cursor To End Of View Plays from the start-time indicator to the end of the visible portion of the file. (This
option is the default for the circled Play button.)
Play From Cursor to End Of File Plays from the start-time indicator to the end of the file. (This option is the default
for the standard Play button.)
To restrict playback to a selected time range, select one of the Play From Cursor options above.
Play Entire File Plays the complete file.
Play Spectral Selection Plays only frequencies you’ve selected with the Marquee , Lasso , or Effects
Paintbrush tool.
3 To start playback, click the Play button you customized.
Note: Bydefault,theMainpanelscrollsinsyncwithplaybackthatextendsbeyondthevisiblesectionofawaveform.In
the General tab of the Preferences dialog box, you can customize auto-scrolling options or disable this feature. (See “Set
Adobe Audition preferences” on page 33.)
See also
“Transport panel overview” on page 53
“View the top and tail of an audio file” on page 71
“Play selections with preroll and postroll” on page 61
Play selections or files in a loop
If you need to fine-tune a selected range or experiment with different effects processing, loop playback.
1 If you want to loop a specific time range, select it in the Main panel.
2 In the Transport panel, right-click the Play Looped button , and choose either of the following:
Loop View (Or Selection) Plays the currently visible audio or selected range in a continuous loop.
Loop Entire (Or Selection) Plays the entire file or selected range in a loop.