Specifications

THE SEQUENCER - BASICS
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Playback and Positioning
! If you are using ReWire, transport functions can be handled by ei-
ther application. See the Operation Manual pdf.
Play and Stop
D To play back from the current song position, click the play button or
press [Enter] on the numeric keypad.
D To stop playback, click the stop button or press [0] on the numeric
keypad.
If you click the stop button when the song is already stopped, the song position
is moved according to the following rules:
• If the song position is to the right of the left locator, it is moved to the left lo-
cator.
• If the song position is at the left locator or to the left of it, it is moved to the
start of the song.
• If the song position is at the start of the song, nothing happens.
This means you can always click twice on the stop button in stop mode, to return
to the beginning of the song.
Positioning
The song position is indicated by the vertical line with the “P” marker in the ruler.
There are several ways to move the song position:
D Use the rewind and fast forward controls on the transport panel.
This moves the song position in steps of one bar (from its current position).
That is, if you just click once on the rewind/fast forward button, the song po-
sition will be moved exactly one bar back or forward. To move the song po-
sition several bars, click and hold the mouse button.
D Use the transport key commands on the numeric keypad.
See the table on page 64.
D Click and drag the P marker in the ruler, or click directly in the ruler
at the desired song position.
The resulting song position takes the Snap value into account, as described
below.
D Adjust the song position numerically in the value display below the
transport buttons.
The song position is shown as three digits: bars, beats and sixteenth notes.
About Snap to Grid
The Snap to Grid function (from now on called “Snap”) restricts movement to
specific positions. This is especially useful when you are editing in the se-
quencer (moving material, creating events, etc), but it will also affect the result of
moving the song position in the ruler.
To set up and activate Snap, proceed as follows:
1. Pull down the Snap pop-up menu and select a value.
If you select “Bar”, you will only be able to move the song position to the be-
ginning of bars. The other options restrict movement to the corresponding
note values.
2. Activate Snap by clicking the button next to the pop-up menu.
In this example, Snap is activated and set to quarter notes. This means you can move the
song position to exact quarter note positions only.
The Snap on/off button.
The Snap value pop-up.