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
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You have applied a playback template to the project that includes sounds for the instruments in your project.
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If you want to use different sounds for different voices, you have enabled independent voice playback for those instruments.
Procedure
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Start playback in one of the following ways:
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To play back all instruments from the selection, select a single note and press P.
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To play back all instruments from the selection, select a single note and choose
. To play back only a single staff, select multiple items on the staff and press P.
NoteThis 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.
NoteThis does not affect which channels are soloed or muted in Play mode.
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To continue playback from the playhead position, press Space or Enter.
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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.
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To play back from the start of the flow, press Shift-Alt/Opt-Space.
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Click Play From Playhead Position in the Transport window.
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Click Play From Selection in the Transport window.
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Choose
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- Optional: Move the playhead during playback to later/earlier positions.
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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.
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Stop playback in any of the following ways:
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Press Space or Enter or P.
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Press Num 0 (0 on a numeric keypad).
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Click Stop in the Transport window.
TipIf 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.
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