Sound Devices 970 - Manual (Page 29)

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Setting Cue Markers
During Record, Playback, or Pause mode, press FILES + Fast Forward (>>) to set a Cue
Marker. To delete a Cue Marker, press FILES + Rewind (<<). A dialog box appears asking
Delete Cue Marker? Cue (number), select OK to delete and Cancel to ignore. Cue Markers added
or deleted during record mode are applied to all actively recording drives. Cue Markers added or
deleted during playback mode are only applied to the current playback drive.
Navigating Cue Markers
During Playback or Pause, press Fast Forward (>>) to jump to the next Cue Marker. Press Rewind
(<<) once to jump to the previous Cue Marker. Immediately press Rewind (<<) again to skip to the
previous file’s last Cue Marker. When skipping between Cue Markers, the beginning and end of a
file are treated as Cue Markers. (However they are not actually Cue Markers in the file’s metadata.)
The previous Cue Marker is displayed in the upper right-hand corner of the Main View next to the
absolute time and designated with the letter “Q” followed by the cue number (Q3 for example).
If the last file played was a sibling file of a mono WAV take, skipping will occur between that take’s sib-
ling files rather than the default behavior of skipping between takes. When the first or final sibling file is
navigated away from, file skipping will again occur between takes.
Playback Mode
By default, when a file is selected for playback, the 970 will play the file immediately and stop play-
back when the end of the file is reached. The Setup Menu options [System - Playback Start mode]
and [System - Playback mode] alter this behavior. When [System - Playback Start mode] is set to
Pause on First Frame, a file will begin playback in a paused state. This is useful for “loading” a clip
so that playback can be manually triggered without any start up delay.
The Setup Menu option [System - Playback mode] affects how playback will continue after the end
of a file is reached:
Playback mode Behavior
Play Once Playback stops when the end of the file is reached.
Play Once - Pause Playback pauses at the beginning of the file when the end of the file is reached.
Play All Playback continues with the next file in the File List. This process is repeated until all files in
the File List have been played at which point playback stops.
Play All - Pause Playback pauses at the beginning of the next file. This process is repeated until all files in
the File List have been played or Stop is pressed.
Play All - Loop Playback continues with the next file in the File List. This process is repeated until all files
in the File List have been played at which point playback begins at the beginning of the File
List.
Play List Playback continues with the next file in the Play List. This process is repeated until all files in
the Play List have been played at which point playback stops.
Play List - Pause Playback pauses at the beginning of the next file in the Play List. This process is repeated
until all files in the Play List have been played or Stopped is pressed.
Play List - Loop Playback continues with the next file in the Play List. This process is repeated until all files
in the Play List have been played at which point playback begins at the beginning of the Play
List.