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This playback option has Notion interpret metronome marks in the score to determine playback tempo (you do
not tap). If the score does not have a metronome mark, then the software plays at the moderate speed of 90.
With this CD-like playback you can start at any measure, stop at any point
and jump back where you last started (or the beginning).
Play All Parts
Play operates the same in either NTempo or Edit mode.
1. Inform Notion where in the score you want to start. To move the marker, you can use any method discussed in Jump
to Another Location earlier in this chapter.
2. Click the Play button or press the Spacebar.
» You hear Notion play the score.
3. To ne-tune the overall volume or individual instrument volume, pan, and solo/mute settings, use the Mixer.
4. You can permit the playback to continue to the end – or at any point during playback:
> To stop, click the Stop button or press Esc or the Spacebar to halt playback. When you click the Play button or
Spacebar again, playback resumes from this point after repeating the last note played.
> Clicking the Rewind button or the Backspace key once stops playback and takes you back to the place in the
score where you last started. Clicking the button or the Backspace key twice takes you back to the beginning.
> You can quickly switch from play to perform: just start tapping any NTempo key (discussed in the next topic). If
you want to end NTempo and return to play, press R (the Auto-Resume feature).
Play One or a Few Select Parts
If you only want to hear one or a few parts, you can:
Click the Solo/Mute buttons for select instruments in the Mixer in both NTempo and Edit modes, or
In Edit mode (only) highlight just the measures/instruments you want to hear before you play.
Indicators
As you listen to your score play you will see:
The playback marker progress through the score in your choice of page view. When it advances
toward the right-hand side of the score area, your view of your score jumps ahead.
The top right area of the Toolbar display updates a timecode count by
hour:minute:second:frame (based on 30 frames per second).
The Heads-Up Display, if used, keeps you updated on current meter status, measure number, and more.
A vertical red line on the timeline moves to indicate where you are in the le. As you jump ahead in the score, the
silver box surrounding the red marker changes to indicate the measures you are currently viewing in the score area.
Play a Score