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Positioning the Playhead

The playhead is a vertical line with two arrows at each end that indicates the current position of playback.

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Positioning the playhead at the current pointer position

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Positioning the playhead at the current pointer position

Pressing P will set the playhead to the current position of the pointer, if it is within the editor track area.

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Positioning the playhead on the timeline

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Positioning the playhead on the timeline

A Left click anywhere on the timeline (rulers) will move the playhead to that position.

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Positioning the playhead with the transport clocks

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Positioning the playhead with the transport clocks

Click on either the primary or secondary transport clock and edit their value to move the playhead to a specific position.

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Positioning the playhead at a marker

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Positioning the playhead at a marker

Click Right on the marker and select either Locate to here or Play from @@ -38,3 +40,20 @@ title: Positioning the Playhead P to set the playhead.

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Looping the Transport

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+ When the loop transport button is pressed, the playhead will + jump the start of the loop range, and continue to the end of that range + before returning to the start and repeating. + While looping, a light green area is displayed in the time ruler over + the tracks to show the loop range. +

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+ By default, looping is bound to the l key. +

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+ For more information on defining and altering the loop range see + Loop Range Markers. +