Transport Toolbar

The Control Toolbar, used for playing and recording

Play: If an area of track is selected, only that selection will be played. Otherwise, playback begins wherever the editing cursor is. To start playback from the beginning, choose Skip to Start.

File:Loop.png Loop: Hold down Shift while pressing Play to loop the current selection or the whole track, playing it over and over again until you press Stop.

Record: Recording begins at either the current cursor location or at the beginning of the current selection. Pressing Record always creates a new track, but holding down Shift while pressing Record starts the recording at the end of the currently selected track(s).

Stop: will stop playing or recording immediately.

Pause: will temporarily pause playing or recording without losing your place. Press Pause a second time to resume.

Skip to Start: move the cursor to the beginning of the audio. This is useful if you want to play everything, or record a new track starting from the beginning.

Skip to End: move the cursor to the end of the audio.

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Rewind

File:Transport rewind.png Cursor to Start

Places the cursor at the start of the project.
SHIFT + click expands the selection to the start of the project.

Play

File:Transport play.png Play Button

Press the play button to listen to the audio in your project. You can also hit the spacebar to start or stop playback. Playback begins at the current cursor position. If a region of audio is selected, only the selected region will play. To quickly play the entire project, execute Select All before playing. If there are multiple tracks going to the same channel in your project, they will be mixed automatically for playback.

Record

File:Transport record.png Record Button

Press the record button to record a new track from your computer's sound input device. Use the Preferences to configure the recording options. In particular, there is an option to record stereo or mono, and there is an option to play the other tracks while recording.

Recording always happens at the project's sample rate.

Pause

File:Transport pause.png Pause Button

Will pause during playback, or during recording. Press again to unpause.

Stop

File:Transport stop.png Stop Button

Press the stop button or hit the spacebar to stop playback immediately.

Fast Forward

File:Transport ff.png Cursor to End

Places the cursor at the end of the project.
SHIFT + click expands the selection to the end of the project.