Playing Audio - Adobe AUDITION 3 User Manual

Playing audio

Play audio linearly
The Transport panel provides several options for playing audio linearly, from one time point to another. For example,
you can play the visible portion of a file, the area from the start-time indicator to the end of the file, or the entire file.
To start playback without using the Transport panel, press the space bar. Press the space bar again to stop playback.
In the Main panel, do either of the following:
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• Set the start-time indicator.
• Select a range.
In the Transport panel, right-click the standard
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options:
Plays the visible portion of the file.
Play View
Play From Cursor To End Of View
option is the default for the circled Play button.)
Play From Cursor to End Of File
for the standard Play button.)
To restrict playback to a selected time range, select one of the Play From Cursor options above.
Plays the complete file.
Play Entire File
Plays only frequencies you've selected with the Marquee
Play Spectral Selection
Paintbrush tool.
To start playback, click the Play button you customized.
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Note: By default, the Main panel scrolls in sync with playback that extends beyond the visible section of a waveform. In
the General tab of the Preferences dialog box, you can customize auto-scrolling options or disable this feature. (See "Set
Adobe Audition preferences" on page 33.)
See also
"Transport panel overview" on page 53
"View the top and tail of an audio file" on page 71
"Play selections with preroll and postroll" on page 61
Play selections or files in a loop
If you need to fine-tune a selected range or experiment with different effects processing, loop playback.
If you want to loop a specific time range, select it in the Main panel.
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In the Transport panel, right-click the Play Looped button
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Plays the currently visible audio or selected range in a continuous loop.
Loop View (Or Selection)
Loop Entire (Or Selection)
Plays from the start-time indicator to the end of the visible portion of the file. (This
Plays from the start-time indicator to the end of the file. (This option is the default
Plays the entire file or selected range in a loop.
or circled Play button, and select one of the following
, and choose either of the following:
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, Lasso , or Effects
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