Starting and Stopping Playback

The green playback marker indicates where playback will begin when you hit the SPACE key.

You can also start playback at the beginning of the current list of selected notes and rests, or at the beginning of the current region selection, by holding down the SHIFT key when you hit the SPACE key. This feature is quite handy when you have added or edited some notes. You can immediately hear the notes you are working with. If you want to start the playback a few beats before the notes you are working with, then hit the key a few times, before hitting SHIFT+SPACE, to select some previous notes.

To start playback at the green playback marker:

1.      Choose the Start Playback command from the Perform menu.

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2.      hit the SPACE key.

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3.      Click the Play button in the toolbar at the top of the window.

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4.      If you have enabled Composer's Pitch-to-Command feature, while holding down the "trigger key" on your music keyboard, play the first F# above Middle C. See Controlling Composer From Your Keyboard.

To start playback at the current selection of noteheads and rests, or the current selection region:

     Type SHIFT+SPACE. That is, while holding down the SHIFT key, hit the SPACE key.

If some noteheads or rests are selected, and a region is also selected, Composer starts playback at the first of the noteheads or rests rather than at the start of the region.

To stop playback:

1.      Choose the Stop Playback command from the Perform menu. (The Stop Playback menu item replaces the Start Playback menu item while playback is in progress.)

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2.      hit the SPACE key.

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3.      Click the Stop button in the toolbar at the top of the window.

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4.      Toggle the Play button in the toolbar at the top of the window.

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5.      If you have enabled Composer's Pitch-to-Command feature, while holding down the "trigger key" on your music keyboard, play the first F# above Middle C. See Controlling Composer From Your Keyboard.

The green playback marker will be moved to the song location where you interrupted the playback.

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