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The Transport zone also incorporates seven small, circular buttons for different recording
and playback modes.
You can use these buttons independently, or in conjunction with one another, to navigate
and edit your projects. Each button has a dedicated LED that indicates its current status.
Mackie Control: REWIND Button
The REWIND button lets you rewind through your project. Pressing the REWIND button
repeatedly while rewinding accelerates the rewind speed. Pressing the FAST FWD button
repeatedly while rewinding slows down, stops, and eventually reverses the shuttle
direction. Pressing the STOP button halts the rewind process at the current playhead
position. Turning the Jog/Scrub Wheel also exits rewind shuttle mode.
When one of the Marker modes is activated, pressing the REWIND button moves the
playhead to the previous marker.
When one of the Nudge modes is activated, the REWIND button moves the selected
regions or events backward by the value defined in Large Nudge mode.
Mackie Control: FAST FWD Button
The FAST FWD button lets you fast forward through your project. Pressing FAST FWD
repeatedly while fast forwarding accelerates the shuttle speed. Pressing the REWIND
button repeatedly while fast forwarding slows down, stops, and eventually reverses the
shuttle direction. Pressing the STOP button halts the fast forward process. Turning the
Jog/Scrub Wheel also exits forward shuttle mode.
When one of the Marker modes is active, pressing the FAST FWD button moves the
playhead to the next marker.
When one of the Nudge modes is active, pressing the FAST FWD button moves the
selected regions or events forward by the value defined in Large Nudge mode.
Tip: You can combine markers with cycle areas by pressing the respective buttons on
the Mackie Control. This, in conjunction with navigation between markers (using the
REWIND and FAST FWD buttons), moves the playhead, and automatically sets a cycle
area between adjacent markers. Try this, and other options, with various button
combinations.
Mackie Control: STOP Button
Pressing the STOP button stops project playback (or recording, if active), and stops all
other Transport functions. Pressing the STOP button a second time returns the playhead
to the project start point, or the beginning of the nearest cycle area, if Cycle mode is
active. Pressing STOP repeatedly switches between these two functions.
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