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Controlling playback
Controlling Playback
Additionally, you can add or remove Time ruler formats using the Plus/Minus buttons located just
outside the right edge of the Time ruler.
To add or remove Time ruler formats using the Plus/Minus buttons
• Click the Plus button and select a Time ruler format from the pop-up menu.
• Click the Plus button and select a Time ruler format you would like to add from the pop-up menu.
• Click the Minus button and select from the pop-up menu to remove an active Time ruler format.
• Right-click in the Time ruler and move the cursor to Time ruler format in the pop-up menu. A list of
all Time ruler formats appears. Active formats are checked, inactive formats are unchecked.
• Click a checked format to move it down one row.
• Click an unchecked format to replace the topmost displayed format.
Controlling playback
To control playback, you have your choice of tools, menu commands, and shortcut keys for most
common operations.
When you start playback, the Now time updates continuously to show the current time. When you
stop playback, the Now time rewinds to the Now Time Marker. When you start playback again, it
continues from the same point.
If the Now time is advancing but you don’t hear any sound, see the online help topic
“Troubleshooting.” If you are using MIDI sync or syncing to MIDI time code, SONAR waits to receive
external timing data before it begins playing. If the various views are not updating during playback,
make sure the Scroll Lock key on your computer keyboard is not enabled. For more information, see
the online help topic Synchronizing Your Gear.
Note: If only one Time ruler format is being used, only the Plus button is displayed.
Note: Enabling the Display All Times as SMPTE check box in the General tab of the Global
Options dialog forces all times in the project to be displayed in SMPTE time, regardless of your
setting in the Time ruler.
Note: If your Windows setup uses any system sounds that are associated with any typical
activity, such as minimizing a window, etc., you should disable these sounds. They can sound
extremely loud through your monitors, and also interrupt playback and recording, if you open
any dialog boxes or do anything that has a system sound attached to it while a project plays.
The quickest way to disable all system sounds is to open the Control Panel (Start > Settings >
Control Panel), double-click the Sounds icon to open the Sounds Properties dialog box, and
in the Schemes field select No Sounds. Click Apply, and then click OK.