Specifications

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To audition a selection start point with pre-roll:
■ Press Control+Alt+Left Arrow (Windows) or
Command+Option+Left Arrow (Macintosh).
To audition a selection end point:
■ Press Alt+Right Arrow (Windows) or Op-
tion+Right Arrow (Macintosh).
When auditioning the end of a selection, play-
back begins before the end point by the pre-roll
amount.
To audition a selection end point with post-roll:
■ Press Control+Alt+Right Arrow (Windows) or
Command+Option+Right Arrow (Macintosh).
Looping Playback
When Loop Playback is enabled, the selected
track range repeats on playback. If there is no se-
lection, playback occurs normally from the cur-
rent cursor location.
Looping playback is a useful way to check the
rhythmic continuity of a selection when work-
ing with musical material. If you’re working
with one-bar selections, you can loop playback
to see if the material loops cleanly. If it seems to
skip, you should then adjust the length of the
selection until it works “musically” within the
context of the playlist and the other tracks.
To loop playback of a selection:
1 Make sure to select Operations > Link Edit and
Timeline Selection.
2 With the Selector, select the track range you
want to loop.
3 Select Operations > Loop Playback. When en-
abled, a loop symbol appears in the Play button
in the Transport window.
– or –
You can also enable Loop Playback by doing one
of the following:
• Right-clicking (Windows) or Control-click-
ing (Macintosh) the Play button in the
Transport window.
•With the Numeric Keypad Mode set to
Transport, press 4 on the numeric keypad.
4 Click Play in the Transport window.
Playback begins from the pre-roll point (if en-
abled) and continues to the selection’s end
point, where it loops back to the start point.
5 Click Stop in the Transport window to stop
playback.
Loop Playback and Audio Recording
When Loop Playback is enabled, Pro Tools will
not loop when attempting to record audio
tracks with QuickPunch, Destructive Record, or
Nondestructive Record mode.
To loop record audio tracks in Pro Tools, you
must enable Loop Record mode. (See “Loop Re-
cording Audio” on page 165.)
A selection must be at least 500 ms in
length for it to loop on playback.
Loop Playback enabled