Playing back music

You can listen to the music you have written from the beginning of your project or from a specific point. You can also use the playback key commands in any mode.

Prerequisite

  • You have applied a playback template to the project that includes sounds for the instruments in your project.

  • If you want to use different sounds for different voices, you have enabled independent voice playback for those instruments.

Procedure

  1. Start playback in one of the following ways:

    • To play back all instruments from the selection, select a single note and press P.

    • To play back all instruments from the selection, select a single note and choose Play > Play From Selection.

    • To play back only a single staff, select multiple items on the staff and press P.

      Note

      This does not affect which channels are soloed or muted in Play mode.

    • To play back multiple staves, select items on multiple staves and press P.

      Note

      This does not affect which channels are soloed or muted in Play mode.

    • To continue playback from the playhead position, press Space or Enter.

    • To play back from the last playback start position, press Shift-Space. This works even if you have since deselected the item at that position.

    • To play back from the start of the flow, press Shift-Alt/Opt-Space.

    • Click Play From Playhead Position in the Transport window.

    • Click Play From Selection in the Transport window.

    • Choose Play > Play From Playhead Position.

    • Choose Play > Play From Last Start Position.

    • Choose Play > Play From Start of Flow.

    • Choose Play > Play From Start of Project.

  2. Optional: Move the playhead during playback to later/earlier positions.
  3. Optional: To enable/disable the metronome click, click Click in the mini transport.
    Tip

    You can assign a key command for enabling/disabling the metronome click during playback on the Key Commands page in Preferences.

  4. Stop playback in any of the following ways:

    • Press Space or Enter or P.

    • Press Num 0 (0 on a numeric keypad).

    • Click Stop in the Transport window.

    Tip

    If you notice a change in sound when stopping playback, you can deactivate Reset controllers and send ‘all notes off’ when stopping playback on the Play page in Preferences.