9.5

Playback and Transport
Pre-Roll and Post-Roll
Pre-Roll and Post-Roll
You can activate pre-roll and post-roll with the corresponding buttons in the Pre-roll & Post-roll
section on the Transport panel or by selecting Transport> Pre-roll & Post-roll> Use Pre-roll/
Use Post-roll.
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By setting a pre-roll value you instruct Cubase to roll back a short section whenever
playback is activated.
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By setting a post-roll value you instruct Cubase to play back a short section after automatic
punch out before stopping.
NOTE
This only works if Punch Out is activated on the Transport panel, and if Stop after
Automatic Punch Out is activated in the Preferences dialog (Record page).
Using Pre-Roll and Post-Roll
PREREQUISITE
PROCEDURE
1. Set the locators to where you want to start and end recording.
2. On the Transport panel, activate Punch In and Punch Out.
3. In the Preferences dialog, select Record.
4. Activate Stop after Automatic Punch Out.
5. On the Transport panel, activate Pre-roll and Post-roll.
6. In the Pre-roll Amount and Post-roll Amount fields, enter the pre-roll and post-roll
values.
7. Activate Record.
RESULT
The project cursor rolls back by the time specified pre-roll value and playback starts. When the
cursor reaches the left locator, recording is automatically activated. When the cursor reaches the
right locator, recording is deactivated, but playback continues for the specified post-roll value
before stopping.
Punch In and Punch Out
The punch in and the punch out points are a pair of markers that you can use for punch in and
punch out recordings. The punch in position determines the record start position whereas the
punch out position determines the record stop position.
You can activate punch in and punch out by activating the corresponding buttons on the
Transport panel.
The punch in position is locked to the left locator position and the punch out position to the right
locator position. The punch position fields are unavailable.
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