Reference Manual

CHAPTER 6. ARRANGEMENT VIEW 75
To name a locator, select it by clicking its triangular marker, and choose the Rename Edit
menu command (or use the
Ctrl
R
(PC) /
R
(Mac) shortcut). Locators can be
removed with your computer's or
Delete
key, the Insert menu, or the Delete Locator
button.
Note that the locator (PC) /
Ctrl
(Mac) context menu offers a quick way of looping
playback between two locators with its Loop To Next Locator command.
The locator (PC) /
Ctrl
(Mac) context menu's Set Song Start Time Here command
can be used to overrule the default play starts at selection rule: when this command is
checked, play starts at the locator.
6.4 The Arrangement Loop
The Control Bar's Loop
Switch.
For Live to repeatedly play a section of the Arrangement, activate the Arrangement loop by
clicking on the Control Bar's Loop switch.
The Loop Start Fields
(Left) and the Loop
Length Fields (Right).
You can set loop length numerically using the Control Bar elds: The left-hand set of elds
determines the loop start position, while the right-hand set determines loop length.
The Edit menu's Loop Selection command accomplishes all of the above at once: It turns
the Arrangement loop on and sets the Arrangement loop brace to whatever timespan is
selected in the Arrangement.