Apple Logic Pro X - Manual (Page 133)

Chapter 6 Work with projects 133
Play and navigate projects
Play a project
You can play a project any time you’re working on it, in order to hear your latest changes. When
you play a project, playback starts from the current position of the playhead. If Cycle mode is
turned on, playback starts from the beginning of the cycle area.
Start playback
m Click the Play button in the control bar (or press the Space bar).
While the project is playing, the Go to Beginning button in the control bar becomes a
Stop button.
Stop playback
m Click the Stop button in the control bar (or Press the Space bar).
For more information about project playback, see Control playback with the transport buttons .
Set the playhead position
The playhead is the vertical line showing the current playback position in the Tracks area and
other time-based windows (such as the Audio Track Editor, Piano Roll Editor, and Score Editor).
Set the playhead in the ruler
m Click a position in the lower half of the ruler.
Set the playhead position in the LCD
Do one of the following:
m Click-hold any of the numbers in the Position display and drag vertically.
m Double-click either display field, and then enter a new position.
The LCD can display the playhead position in Beats or Time format, or both, depending on which
display mode you choose. Beats displays the playhead position in bars, beats, beat divisions,
and ticks, while Time displays the playhead position in hours, minutes, seconds, and fractions of
a second.
You can edit the individual divisions of the Position display by dragging, or edit the position as a
whole by double-clicking and typing.
Set the playhead to the start of a marker
m Click anywhere on the marker while holding down Option.