User Guide
CHP. 2 GETTING STARTED
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Playback reference
The following table describes all the transport bar buttons and their keyboard equivalents. You may use these
playback functions at any time while working in your project.
Note:
Vegas also supports the use of many multimedia
keyboards for controlling playback.
Tip:
You can use the spacebar to stop or pause playback,
depending on your preference. From the
Options menu,
choose
Preferences, and on the General tab, select Make
spacebar and F12 Play/Pause instead of Play/Stop
to change
the setting.
Scrubbing
Scrubbing is a type of timeline playback that gives you precise control over the speed and direction of
playback. Vegas allows for both linear and logarithmic scale scrubbing. For more information, see General tab
on page 270.
Vegas supports the use of multimedia controllers for scrubbing. For more information on using Vegas with
multimedia controllers, please see the Vegas online help. To access help, choose
Contents and Index from the
Help menu.
Tip:
Choose a setting from the JKL / shuttle speed drop-down
list on the
Editing tab of the Preferences dialog to control the
scrub speed and range when using the keyboard or multimedia
controllers.
Vegas provides three methods of scrubbing.
Scrubbing with the scrub control slider
The scrub control slider can be dragged back and forth. The farther from
the center that the slider is dragged, the faster the playback, both forward
and in reverse. Below the slider is a small yellow marker that can be used to
set the normal rate playback speed. This is the speed at which the project
plays when you click the
Play button on the transport bar.
Button Keyboard Function
Begin recording into record-enabled tracks
Turn on/off loop playback during time selection playback
Begin playback from the start of the project
Begin playback from cursor position
Pause playback, cursor stops and holds at pause position
or
Stop playback, cursor stops and returns to prior cursor position
Place cursor at the beginning of project
Place cursor at the end of the project
Ctrl +R
Q
Shift +Space
Space
Enter
Space Esc
Ctrl +Home
Ctrl +End
Scrub control slider