Apple Soundtrack Pro 3 - Manual (Page 105)

General Preferences
The General preferences include settings for program startup behavior and Timeline
defaults and options for alerts, saving, fades, and handles.
Startup
• Open: This set of buttons determines the default Soundtrack Pro behavior on startup.
• Last Project: Reopens the last project on startup.
• New Multitrack Project: Creates a new, blank multitrack project on startup. This is the
default behavior.
• New Audio File Project: Creates a new, blank audio file project on startup.
Timeline
• Move playhead by clicking pop-up menu: Choose whether you can move the playhead
by clicking in both the Timeline and the Time ruler or only in the Time ruler.
• Scrollwheel pop-up menu: Choose whether an attached mouse with a scrollwheel scrolls
the Timeline or zooms in or out at the playhead position.
• Playhead Auto-scrolling pop-up menu: Choose the behavior of the playhead during
playback.
• On: The playhead scrolls from left to right across the portion of the Timeline that is
visible, then jumps back to the left and the next portion of the Timeline is displayed.
• Centered: The playhead remains centered in the Timeline, and the Timeline scrolls
beneath the playhead.
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