Specifications

Chapter 16: Playing and Selecting Track Material 237
Chapter 16: Playing and Selecting
Track Material
Playing Tracks
After recording or importing to tracks, you’ll
want to listen to the material to find track
ranges that require editing, or material that can
be turned into regions for use elsewhere.
To set where playback begins, you can click any-
where in a track with the Selector tool (as long as
the Edit and Timeline selections are linked, see
“Linking or Unlinking Edit and Timeline Selec-
tions” on page 245).
Depending on the selected Scrolling Option, the
playback cursor, a solid unblinking line, moves
across the Edit window to indicate the current
playback position. The playback location is dis-
played in the Counters in the Transport win-
dow, in the Big Time window, and also in the
Location Indicators.
The edit cursor, on the other hand, is a flashing
line that appears when you click with the Selec-
tor in a track’s playlist. The blinking edit cursor
indicates the start point for any editing tasks
performed. If you make a selection and perform
an edit, the selection is the target of the edit.
The selected Scrolling Option determines how
the Edit window scrolls during playback, and
how the playback cursor functions. See “Scroll-
ing Options” on page 241 for details.
To begin playing from a specific point within a
track:
1 Select Operations > Scrolling Options > No
Auto Scrolling.
2 Make sure to select Operations > Link Edit and
Timeline Selection.
3 With the Selector, click in the track where you
want playback to begin.
4 Click Play in the Transport window to begin
playback.
5 Click Stop in the Transport window to stop
playback.
To jump to a different location and begin play-
ing from there, click with the Selector at that
point and click Play in the Transport window.
Setting a playback point with the Selector
Transport with Counters displayed