Apple Logic Pro 9 - Manual (Page 550)

To scrub audio
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Click-hold the ruler and move the pointer.
The audio playback will follow the speed and direction of your pointer. This helps you to
quickly locate a particular position within an audio file.
To continuously repeat the selected area
1 Enable the Cycle button.
2 Enable the Prelisten button (or use the Play/Stop Selection key command, default
assignment: Space bar).
You can change the start and end points of the selected area during looped playback.
This makes it easy to edit the start or end points of a drum loop, for example, until it loops
perfectly. When you’re satisfied with the loop, you can make the selected area a new
region.
Using Playback Key Commands in the Sample Editor
You can use the following key commands to enhance your playback options:
• Play/Stop All: Plays back the whole audio file, regardless of the selected area.
• Play/Stop Region: Toggles between playback of the audio file’s region start and end
points—regardless of the selected area.
• “Play/Stop Region to Anchor” and “Play/Stop Region from Anchor”: These key commands
allow you to check the region anchor position by listening to the parts just before and
after the anchor.
550 Chapter 17 Editing Audio in the Sample Editor