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Playback and the Transport panel
The numeric keypad
In the default Key Command settings, various Transport
panel operations are assigned to the numeric keypad on
the computer keyboard. The keypads are slightly different
on PC and Macintosh computers:
Operations
Setting the project cursor position
There are several ways to move the project cursor position:
• By using Fast Forward and Rewind.
• By dragging the project cursor in the lower part of the
ruler.
• By clicking in the ruler.
Double-clicking in the ruler moves the cursor and starts/stops playback.
• If the option “Locate when Clicked in Empty Space” is
activated in the Preferences (Transport page) you can click
anywhere in an empty section of the Project window to
move the cursor position.
• By changing the value in any of the position displays.
• By using the position slider above the transport buttons
in the Transport panel.
The range of the slider relates to the Length setting in the Project Setup
dialog. Hence, moving the slider all the way to the right will take you to
the end of the project.
• By using markers (see “Markers” on page 38).
• By using playback options (see “Playback functions” on
page 46).
• By using functions on the Transport menu.
The following functions are available:
Ö If Snap is activated when dragging the project cursor,
the Snap value is taken into account. This is helpful for
finding exact positions quickly.
Ö There are also numerous key commands available for
moving the project cursor (in the Transport category in the
Key Commands dialog).
For example, you can assign key commands to the “Step Bar” and “Step
Back Bar” functions, allowing you to move the project cursor in steps of
one bar, backwards and forwards.
About the Transport panel display format
The time display in the Transport panel
The time unit shown in the ruler can be independent from
the time unit shown in the time display on the Transport
panel. This means that you can display timecode in the
transport position display and bars and beats in the ruler,
for example.
The following rules apply:
• If you change the time format of the time display on the
Transport panel, the time format of the ruler will be changed
as well.
This is the same as changing the display format in the Project Setup.
Therefore, to have different display formats in the ruler and the time dis-
play you should change the format in the ruler.
• The time display format is set on the pop-up menu to
the right in the position display.
• This setting also determines the time format displayed
for the left and right locators on the Transport panel.
Numeric Key Function
[Enter] Play
[+] Fast Forward
[-] Rewind
[*] Record
[÷] (Win)/[/] (Mac) Cycle On/Off
[,] Return to Zero
[0] Stop
[1] Go to Left Locator
[2] Go to Right Locator
[3-9] Go to marker 3 to 9
Function Description
Locate Selec-
tion/Locate
Selection End
Moves the project cursor to the beginning or end of the
current selection. For this to be available, you must
have selected one or more events or parts, or made a
selection range.
Locate Next/
Previous Marker
This moves the project cursor to the closest marker to
the right or left (see “Marker tracks” on page 19).
Locate Next/
Previous Event
This moves the project cursor forwards or backwards
respectively, to the closest beginning or end of any
event on the selected track(s).