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Playback and the Transport panel
Operations
Setting the project cursor position
There are several ways to move the project cursor position:
• By using Fast Forward and Rewind.
• By using the Jog/Shuttle/Nudge control on the Trans-
port panel (see “Playing back with the shuttle speed con-
trol” on page 70).
• 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 “Locate when Clicked in Empty Space” option is
activated in the Preferences dialog (Transport page) you
can click anywhere in an empty section of the Project win
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dow 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 the chapter “Using markers” on
page 108).
• By using playback options (see “Playback functions” on
page 72).
• Cubase Elements only: By using the arranger function
(see
“The arranger track (Cubase Elements only)” on
page 101).
• By using functions on the Transport menu.
On the Transport menu, the following functions are avail-
able:
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” func
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tions, allowing you to move the project cursor in steps of
one bar, backwards and forwards.
Setting the time format in the Transport panel
Primary time display (left) and secondary time display (right, Cubase
Elements only)
The time unit shown in the ruler can be independent from
the time unit shown in the main time display on the Trans-
port panel. This means that you can display timecode in
the transport time display and bars and beats in the ruler,
for example. In Cubase Elements, there is an additional
secondary time display to the right of the primary time dis
-
play which is also independent, giving you three different
time units shown at the same time. In the Project window,
you can also create additional ruler tracks – see
“Using
multiple rulers – ruler tracks” on page 35.
The following rules apply:
• If you change the time format of the primary 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
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play you should change the format in the ruler.
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 32).
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).