Instruction Manual

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Controlling Playback

A. Loop From B. Loop Thru

To Move a Loop in the Time Ruler

1. Click the yellow bar that connects the two loop markers

The cursor becomes a horizontal double-headed arrow.

2. Drag the loop to the desired location in the Time Ruler.

The Loop/Auto Shuttle dialog box, which appears when you use the

Transport-Loop and Auto Shuttle command or click the Loop and Auto

Shuttle button in the Loop toolbar, contains two additional settings that

affect the details of how looping operates:

With the default option settings, SONAR will play the loop over and over

again, continuously.

If you start playback before the loop start time, SONAR will play until the

loop end time is reached, then jump back to the loop start time.

Note: If you stop playback while looping is enabled, the Now time jumps to

the Now time marker. If you disable the On Stop Rewind to Now Marker

option in the General tab of the Global Options dialog, the Now time stays

wherever you stopped playback.

The Rewind command operates slightly differently when looping is in effect.

The first time you rewind, the Now time is set to the start of the loop. If the

Option... How it works...

Stop at the end time Playback does not proceed beyond the

end of the loop

Loop continuously When playback reaches the end of the

loop and rewinds to the start, playback

continues automatically (this option is

on by default)