User Guide

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LEARNING THE SOUND FORGE WORKSPACE CHP. 4
Playbar
The playbar is located in the bottom-left corner of a data window. You can use the playbar to navigate and
play audio files in a variety of ways.
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Current playback mode
When you play a file from the playbar, a small horizontal line appears beneath the selected Play button’s icon
( ). This indicates Sound Forge’s current playback mode, which is the mode used when you click the
transport bar
Play ( ) button. For more information, see Transport bar on page 37.
Changing the current playback mode
To change the current playback mode, click a playbar button or press + .
Optional Backward and Forward buttons
You can choose to display Backward () and Forward ( ) shuttle controls on the playbar. From the Options
menu, choose
Preferences, and select the Show shuttle controls on Data Window transport check box on the
General tab.
Moves the cursor to the
start of the file.
Plays from the cursor to the end of the file.
If there is a selection, plays from the beginning of the selection to the
end of the selection.
Moves the cursor to the end
of the file.
Previews the audio processed through plug-ins when the Audio Plug-In
Chainer window is open. Available only in the full version of Sound
Forge.
If there is a selection, plays from the beginning of the selection to the
end of the selection.
If the Audio Plug-In Chainer window is not open, the Open Plug-In
Chainer button ( ) appears instead.
For more information, see
Adding a chain of effects on page 168
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Stops playback and returns
the cursor to its position
prior to playback.
Plays the file with the regions in the cutlist omitted. Available only in the
full version of Sound Forge. This button appears only if you treat the
playlist as a cutlist.
For more information, see Configuring the playlist
as a cutlist on page 113
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Plays the file with the sustaining and release loops repeating the
specified number of times. Available only in the full version of Sound
Forge. This button appears only if you have defined a sample loop.
For
more information, see Looping on page 211
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Go to Start
Go to End
Stop
Play Normal
Play Plug-In Chainer (full version of Sound Forge only)
Play as Sample (full version of Sound Forge only)
Play as Cutlist (full version of Sound Forge only)
Ctrl
Space