Apple Logic Express 8 - Manual (Page 107)

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 Play from Right Locator: Moves the playhead to the right locator position, and begins
playback.
 Play from Selection: Moves the playhead to the start point of the selected regions or
events, and begins playback. Default key command: Shift-Enter.
 Rewind and Fast Forward: A click on either button will move the playhead one bar
forward or backward. Command-clicking moves the playhead to the next or previous
marker. Click-holding either button will rewind or fast-forward. Click-holding (on
either button) and dragging to the left or right will shuttle forward or backwards
(both buttons allow forward/reverse shuttling when used in this way).
 Stop: Stops recording or playback. Clicking the Stop button a second time moves the
playhead to the project start point, or to the left locator position, if Cycle mode is
active. Default key command: 0.
 Play: Starts playback at the current playhead position, or from the left locator
position when in Cycle mode. Default key command: Enter.
 Pause: Pauses recording or playback, until you click either the Pause or Play button.
 Record: Click to begin recording (if a track is record-enabled). Default key
command: *. Control-click or right-click the button to open the Recording menu.
 Capture Recording: Allows the most recent performance to be kept, even if
Logic Express was not in record mode while you were playing.
Note: All of the transport button key commands listed above—with the exception of
Rewind and Fast Forward—use the numeric keypad of your computer keyboard.
Using Transport Key Commands
There are a number of transport functions that are only available as key commands.
Most of the key commands for these functions are not assigned by default, so you will
need to set up key commands for them. See “
Assigning Key Commands to Computer
Keys ” on page 166.
 Play or Stop: Switches between playback and stop, depending on the play or stop
status when the command is used. Default key command: Space bar.
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Tip: The Space bar can be used to start or stop playback of audio files or regions in the
Sample Editor, Audio Bin, and Loop Browser, when these windows have key focus. This
makes it a handy key command to remember!
 Play from Previous Bar: Starts playback at the beginning of the previous bar.
 Stop and Go to Left Locator: Stops playback, and moves the playhead to the left
locator position.
 Go to Last Play Position: Moves the playhead to the last position reached with a
positioning command, or direct positioning of the playhead, using the mouse or
ruler.
 Stop and Go to Last Play Position: As above, but stops playback.