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3 Transport
3.1 Transport
The transport controls are similar to a tape recorder's transport controls.
The transport controls
The transport is controlled by five buttons (from left to right):
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Home: Go to start of song.
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Rewind
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Fast Forward
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Stop: Stop the transport.
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Start: Start the transport (use the Shift key to start at the last start position).
When the transport is started (by either clicking the Start button or pressing the space bar) all tracks that
are in playback mode will play back, and all tracks that are in record mode will record. If there are no tracks
that are in either playback or record mode the transport will not start.
that are in either playback or record mode the transport will not start.
Cycle Transport
After clicking the Start button's down arrow you can select "Start cycling", which will make the transport
cycle through a region until you stop the transport. The cycle region starts at the current transport position.
The end of the region can be picked from a list that appears right after you click "Start cycling". This list
contains the Markers and the end of the song (ie. the length of the longest track). If you're doing a punch-in
recording the point two seconds after the end of the punch region appears in the list as well. The "Cycle
selected part of focused track" option cycles the part that's selected in the focused track's editor.
selected part of focused track" option cycles the part that's selected in the focused track's editor.
The cycle region is indicated on the Overview Bar while cycling.
Note: in cycle mode the transport is actually stopped and started again when a new cycle starts, so there's
a gap in the sound.
a gap in the sound.
3.2 Position Indicator
The position indicator shows the current transport position. It can show either hours:minutes:seconds or
measure:beat (use the down arrow on the right). The measure:beat option is available only if at least one
track contains a MIDI file (because tempo information is stored in MIDI files).
track contains a MIDI file (because tempo information is stored in MIDI files).
The position indicator's maximum value is 10 hours at 44.1 kHz samplerate (4 hours and 30 minutes at 96
kHz).
After left-clicking the position indicator a new position can be typed. Hours:minutes:seconds values
(separated by colons) are interpreted right to left, so you don't have to enter hours or minutes if the time
you enter is less than 60 seconds. But if you want to enter minutes you should enter seconds as well. Zero
values can be omitted (you can enter 12: instead of 12:00).
Measure:beat values are interpreted left to right, so you can enter plain measure numbers easily (12
Measure:beat values are interpreted left to right, so you can enter plain measure numbers easily (12
instead of 12:1).
The seconds and beat values can be real numbers (like 1.462). Press Enter to accept the new value, or
Esc to cancel the operation.
3.3 Overview Bar and Markers
The Overview Bar is closely related to the transport. It is a large slider indicating the current transport
position. This slider can be moved using the mouse. The overview bar also shows the markers.
Overview Bar with markers
Markers are used to name certain parts of a song (for instance Intro, Verse 1, Verse 2, Solo, Verse 3).