M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio - Manual (Page 269)

Chapter 14: DigiBase 251
Loop Preview
Loop Preview plays the selected file by looping
playback of the file. If multiple files are selected,
only the first selected file previews. When Loop
Preview mode is enabled, the Preview button
updates to show a Loop Preview Mode icon.
To loop preview a file in a DigiBase browser:
1 Do one of the following:
• In the Browser menu, select Loop Preview.
The Browser Preview button updates to
show the Loop Preview icon.
– or –
• Right-click the Preview button and select
Loop Preview.
2 Select an audio file in a browser Items List.
Make sure the browser is the foreground (active)
window.
3 Do one of the following:
• Click the Browser Preview button.
• Click the Waveform Preview button.
• If Spacebar Toggles File Preview is selected in
the Browser menu, press the Spacebar.
To stop loop audition:
„
Do one of the following:
• Click the Browser Preview button again.
• If Spacebar Toggles File Preview is selected in
the Browser menu, press the Spacebar
again.
• Press Control+P (Windows) or Com-
mand+P (Mac).
• Press the Esc key.
Auto-Preview
Auto-Preview plays the audio file as soon as it is
selected. Additionally, the Preview button up-
dates to show an Auto-Preview icon.
To automatically preview files when selected:
„ Do one of the following:
• From the Browser menu, select Auto-Pre-
view . The Preview button updates to show
that Auto-Preview is enabled.
• Right-click the Preview button and select
Auto-Preview.
Conforming Preview to the
Session Tempo
Pro Tools lets you preview Elastic Audio ana-
lyzed files at the session tempo. The selected de-
fault Elastic Audio plug-in is used for previewing
Elastic Audio analyzed audio files at the session
tempo. Additionally, other tick-based files, such
as REX and ACID files, can also be previewed at
the session tempo and in time with playback.
Start-click (Windows) or Control-click
(Mac) the Preview button to toggle Loop
Preview mode on and off.
DigiBase Preview button, Loop Preview mode
Control-click (Windows) or Command-
click (Mac) the Preview button to toggle
Auto-Preview mode on and off.
DigiBase Preview button, Auto-Preview enabled