Specifications

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Setting Pre- and Post-Roll in the
Transport Window
Pre- and post-roll can be enabled and set from
the fields in the Transport window.
To set and enable the pre- and post-roll times in
the Transport window:
1 Select Display > Transport Shows > Expanded.
2 In the Transport window, click in the pre-roll
field.
3 Type in the pre-roll amount and press slash on
the numeric keypad to enter the value and auto-
matically move to the post-roll field.
4 Type in the post-roll amount and press Enter
to accept the new value.
5 To enable either pre- or post-roll, click the ap-
propriate button so it becomes highlighted.
Setting Pre- and Post-Roll in a Playlist
You can use the Selector to enable and disable
pre- and post-roll by clicking in a track’s playlist.
To set and enable the pre- and post-roll by clicking
in a playlist:
1 Make sure that Operations > Link Edit and
Timeline Selection is enabled.
2 With the Selector, drag in the track’s playlist
until the selection encompasses the record
range.
3 With the Selector, Alt-click (Windows) or Op-
tion-click (Macintosh) in the track’s playlist be-
fore the selection to enable the pre-roll at that
location.
4 With the Selector, Alt-click (Windows) or Op-
tion-click (Macintosh) in the track’s playlist af-
ter the selection to enable the post-roll at that
location.
To disable the pre- and post-roll by clicking in a
playlist:
1 With the Selector, Alt-click (Windows) or Op-
tion-click (Macintosh) within a track selection
near the start to disable the pre-roll.
2 With the Selector, Alt-click (Windows) or Op-
tion-click (Macintosh) within a track selection
near the end to disable the pre-roll.
3 Drag the Pre-Roll Flag to the Playback Marker
at the start point of the range.
4 Drag the Post-Roll Flag to the Playback Marker
at the end point of the range.
Enabling Pre- and Post-Roll from the
Operations Menu
Pre- and post-roll (as a pair) can be enabled and
disabled from the Operations menu.
To enable both pre- and post-roll from the
Operations menu:
■ Select Operations > Pre/Post Roll Playback.
Dragging Pre- and Post-Roll Flags in the
Timebase Ruler
The Pre- and Post-Roll Flags can be moved in the
Ruler, either separately or at the same time, to
set their location.
Use the period (.) or Left/Right Arrow keys
to move through the different time fields for
pre and post-roll. Use the Up/Down Arrow
keys to increase or decrease the numerical
values.
In the timeline, you can reset the pre- and
post-roll to zero. First, drag the Pre-Roll Flag
to the Playback Marker at the start point of
the range, then drag the Post-Roll Flag to
the Playback Marker at the end point of the
range