Specifications

Chapter 19: Playing Back Track Material 423
Playing Timeline and Edit
Selections with the Playhead
(Pro Tools HD Only)
When the Scrolling option is set to Center Play-
head
, selections in the Timeline do not determine
when playback begins. The Playhead itself denotes
where playback begins when clicking Play in the
Transport.
Timeline and Edit selections, however, can still be
played when the Playhead is enabled.
To play an Edit selection with the Playhead
enabled:
1 Deselect Options > Link Timeline and Edit
Selections
.
2 Select Options > Scrolling > Center Playhead.
3 With the Selector or Time Grabber tool, make a
track selection.
4 Choose Edit > Selection > Play Edit.
The Playhead jumps to the Edit selection and plays
it from beginning to end, and then stops.
To play a Timeline selection with the Playhead
enabled:
1 Deselect Options > Link Timeline and Edit
Selections
.
2 Select Options > Scrolling > Center Playhead.
3 Drag with the Selector tool in any Timebase
ruler to set the play range.
4 Choose Edit > Selection > Play Timeline.
The Playhead jumps to the Timeline selection and
plays it from beginning to end, and then stops.
Moving the Playhead
When the Scrolling option is set to Center
Playhead
, the Playhead can be moved forward or
back to the next clip boundary in the selected track.
To move the Playhead through a track’s clip
boundaries:
1 Make sure the Tab to Transients button is not
enabled (see “Tabbing to Transients” on
page 576).
2 Click in the track with the Selector tool.
3 Do one of the following:
• Press Tab to move the Playhead forward to the
next clip boundary.
• Press Option+Tab (Mac) or Control+Tab (Win-
dows) to move the Playhead back to the previous
clip boundary.
Playback Modes
Pro Tools provides several Playback modes:
• Normal Playback mode
• Half-Speed Playback mode
• Prime for Playback mode
• Loop Playback mode
• Dynamic Transport mode
Normal Playback Mode
Normal Playback mode is simply when none of the
other Playback modes are selected. In Normal
Playback mode, Pro Tools plays back at the ses-
sion sample rate.