User`s guide

Chapter 14: Playing/Selecting Track Material 171
Looping Playback
When Loop Playback is enabled, the se-
lected track range repeats on playback. If
there is no selection, playback occurs nor-
mally from the current cursor location.
▲ A selection must be at least 1 second in
length for it to loop on playback.
Looping playback is a useful way to check
the rhythmic continuity of a selection
when working 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 selec-
tion 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 enabled, a loop symbol appears in
the Play button in the Transport window.
✽ You can also enable Loop Playback by Con-
trol-clicking (Macintosh) or Right-clicking (Win-
dows) the Play button in the Transport window.
Or, 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
enabled) 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.
Timeline Selections
With the Edit and Timeline selections un-
linked, selections can be made in the Time-
line that are distinct and separate from Edit
selections.
With the Edit and Timeline selections
linked, any Edit selections that are made
are mirrored in the Timeline.
Whether the Edit and Timeline selections
are linked or not, the range indicated by
the Playback Markers always determines
the range for playback and recording.
▲ For TDM systems, when Continuous Scroll
with Playhead is enabled, it determines where
playback begins. For details, see “Playing Edit
and Timeline Selections with the Playhead” on
page 173.
Loop Playback enabled