The Transport Toolbar

 

Use the Transport toolbar to perform playback and recording functions.

Button

Description

Sound Forge Pro b record The Transport Toolbar

Record: click to display the Record dialog.

Sound Forge Pro b loopplay The Transport Toolbar

Loop Playback: Plays the selected data in a continuous mode.

Sound Forge Pro note The Transport ToolbarIf there is no selection, the entire sound file is played in an endless loop.

Sound Forge Pro b playall The Transport Toolbar

Play All: click to play the entire file from beginning to end, regardless of cursor position, selection, or playlist.

Playback for musical instrument files behaves slightly differently than playback in a normal data window.

  • If no samples are selected, click Play All to play all samples in the data window.

  • If you have samples selected, click Play All  to play all selected samples in the data window.

Sound Forge Pro b play The Transport Toolbar

Play: click to play back the file in current playback mode.

Playback for musical instrument files behaves slightly differently than playback in a normal data window.

  • If no samples are selected, click  Play to play all samples from the cursor position to the end of the data window.

  • If you have samples selected, click Play to play all selected samples from the cursor position to the end of the data window.

Sound Forge Pro idea The Transport ToolbarSelect the Spacebar and F12 Play/Pause instead of Play/Stop check box in the General Preferences tab if you want the F12 and spacebar keyboard shortcuts to toggle between Play and Pause mode. In this mode, the cursor will maintain its position.

Sound Forge Pro b pause The Transport Toolbar

Pause: click to pause playback and leave the cursor at its current position.

Sound Forge Pro b stop The Transport Toolbar

Stop: click to stop playback and return the cursor to its position prior to playback.

Sound Forge Pro b gotobeginning The Transport Toolbar

Go to Start: click to move the cursor to the beginning of the current file.

Sound Forge Pro b gotoprevioustrack The Transport Toolbar

Go to Previous Track: Moves the cursor to the previous disc-at-once track or index. Hold Ctrl while clicking to skip index markers, or hold Shift to extend a selection.

Sound Forge Pro note The Transport ToolbarThis button is available only if disc-at-once tracks are present in your data window.

Sound Forge Pro b rewind The Transport Toolbar

Rewind: click to move the cursor backward through the current file.

Sound Forge Pro b fastforward The Transport Toolbar

Forward: click to move the cursor forward through the current file.

Sound Forge Pro b gotonexttrack The Transport Toolbar

Go to Next Track: Moves the cursor to the next disc-at-once track or index. Hold Ctrl while clicking to skip index markers, or hold Shift to extend a selection.

Sound Forge Pro note The Transport ToolbarThis button is available only if disc-at-once tracks are present in your data window.

Sound Forge Pro b gotoend The Transport Toolbar

Go to End: click to move the cursor to the end of the current file.

The Transport Toolbar