Reference Guide

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Controlling playback
Controlling the transport
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.
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.
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 Now time is already at the start of the loop,
Rewind takes you to the beginning of the project. From then on, Rewind switches back and forth
between the loop start time and the start of measure 1.
To set up a playback loop
• Set the loop start and end times in one of the following ways:
• Drag the mouse between two points in the Time Ruler of the Track view, Staff, or Piano Roll
view to select a range of times, then click in the Control Bar’s Loop module to copy the
selection time to the loop time.
• Click between two markers in the Track, Staff, or Piano Roll view to select a range of times,
then click in the Control Bar’s Loop module to copy the selection time to the loop time.
• Type the loop start and end times directly into the Loop module.
• Select a range of times, then right-click in the Time ruler and choose Loop > Set Loop Points.
Looping is automatically turned on when you use the Set Loop to Selection command.
To cancel a playback loop
• Click in the Control Bar’s Loop module, or press the L key, to disable looping.
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 Track view Options menu,
the Now time stays wherever you stopped playback.