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Click Play in the Transport window, or press
the Spacebar.
All tracks play for the range of the selection, in-
cluding pre-roll and post-roll if enabled.
To play an Edit selection with Link Timeline and
Edit Selection disabled:
„
Choose Edit > Selection > Play Edit .
To play a Timeline selection with Link Timeline and
Edit Selection disabled:
„
Choose
Edit > Selection > Play Timeline
.
Auditioning Pre-Roll and Post-Roll
You can audition and play just the pre-roll or
post-roll material for a selection.
To play from the pre-roll point to the start of a
selection, or to the current Cursor location:
„
Press Alt+Left Arrow (Windows) or Op-
tion+Left Arrow (Mac).
To play to the post-roll point from the end of a
selection, or from the current Cursor location:
„
Press Right Arrow (Windows) or
Right Arrow (Mac).
Auditioning Start and End Points for
Selections
There may be times when you want to audition
the start or end of an audio selection without
hearing the entire selection. This allows you to
check, for instance, whether the beginning or
end of a selection includes any unwanted clicks
or pops.
To audition a selection start point:
„
Press Left Arrow (Windows) or Com-
mand+Left Arrow (Mac).
When auditioning the beginning of a selection,
the selection plays from the start point for a du-
ration equal to the post-roll amount.
To audition a selection start point with pre-roll:
„
Press Alt+Left Arrow (Windows) or
Left Arrow (Mac).
To audition a selection end point:
„
Press Alt+Right Arrow (Windows) or Op-
tion+Right Arrow (Mac).
When auditioning the end of a selection, play-
back begins before the end point by the pre-roll
amount.
To audition a selection end point with post-roll:
„
Press Alt+Right Arrow (Windows) or
Right Arrow (Mac).
Playback ranges for auditioning start/end points
plays start
(for post-roll amount)
plays pre-roll + start
plays end
(for pre-roll amount)
plays end + post-roll