Apple Logic Pro X User Manual
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Chapter 15
Advanced edit features
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Control playback with the waveform overview
Do one of the following:
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Click-hold at the point where you want playback to begin. The pointer turns into a Prelisten icon.
Release the mouse button to stop playback.
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Double-click at the point where you want playback to begin.
Scrub audio
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Click-hold the ruler and move the pointer.
Audio playback follows the speed and direction of your pointer. This technique helps you to
quickly locate a particular position within an audio file.
Repeat the selected area continuously
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Click the Cycle button.
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Click 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, to create
a perfect drum loop cycle, for example. When you’re satisfied with the loop, you can make the
selected area a new region.