Playlist/Cutlist

From the View menu, choose Metadata, and then choose Playlist/Cutlist to open or close the Playlist/Cutlist window. This window is used to arrange regions for playback.

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Tips:

  • To play a region, click the Play button to the left of each region. The selected region and all subsequent playlist entries are played in succession.

  • You can edit a Playlist/Cutlist region by typing new values in the Cnt, Trigger, Chan, Note, and SMPTE Time boxes.

  • You can rearrange regions by dragging rows within the Playlist/Cutlist window (drag the leftmost numbered column).

Add a region to the Playlist/Cutlist window Closed

Perform one of the following actions to add a region to the Playlist/Cutlist window:

  • Drag the region from the Regions List window to the Playlist/Cutlist window.

  • Right-click a region in the Regions List window and choose Add to Playlist from the shortcut menu.

  • To create a region and add it to a playlist/cutlist, select a range of data and drag it to the Playlist/Cutlist window.
    A region is automatically created in the data window, and the new region is added to the playlist/cutlist.

Specify a region's play countClosed

Type a value in the Cnt box in the Playlist window to specify the number of times the playlist region will repeat before playing the next region.

Setting this value to 0 will cause the region to be skipped during playback.

In the following example, Region 1 will be played once, Region 2 will be played twice, and then Region 3 will be played once.

Pre-roll playbackClosed

Select the Pre-roll playback check box in the Playlist window and specify a value to set the amount of pre-roll that will be heard from the end of the previous region when starting the playlist sequence from the current region.

Example: two regions are defined in the Playlist/Cutlist window, and the pre-roll time is set to 0.5 seconds. When you start playback from region 2, the last 0.5 seconds of region 1 will be played before starting region 2. This allows you to hear the transition between the two regions.

TIP From the Edit menu, choose Playlist/Cutlist, and then choose Pre-Roll Playback from the submenu (or press /) when a playlist region is selected.

Set a playlist stop point Closed

Perform either of the following actions to set the stop point for a playlist:

  • Right-click a region in the Playlist window and choose Stop Point from the shortcut menu.

  • Select a region in the Playlist window and press Ctrl+8.

A red indicator is displayed in the left column in the Playlist window to identify the stop point.

When you play your playlist, it will continue to play through the regions until it encounters a stop point. This is useful when triggering playback from incoming MIDI or timecode and you only want certain sections of the playlist to be played at a time.

Trigger a playlist region using MIDI commands Closed

  1. In the Playlist window, select a method from the Trigger drop-down list to specify how the playlist region will be invoked.

  2. Specify trigger parameters in the Channel, Note, and SMPTE time boxes.

    TIP If the Trigger from MIDI Timecode command is selected, you can auto-complete the Channel and Note values by pressing a key on your MIDI Keyboard.

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Description

Channel

If the playlist region will be triggered by a MIDI note, this is the receive channel for that region.

Note

If the playlist region will be triggered by a MIDI note, this is the MIDI note number that will trigger this playlist region. This value can be entered as a MIDI note value (such as C4) or as a MIDI note number (such as 60).

SMPTE time

If the playlist region will be triggered from a SMPTE time cue, this is the point in SMPTE time that will trigger the region.

When a region has a trigger associated with it, a musical note is displayed next to the region's Play button:

Trigger playback with MIDI timecodeClosed

You can use MIDI timecode to trigger Sound Forge Pro playback from another device.

  1. From the Options menu, choose Preferences, and click the MIDI/Sync tab.

  2. On the MIDI/Sync tab, choose the trigger device from the Input drop-down list and click the OK button.

  3. From the Options menu, choose MIDI In/Out, and then choose Trigger from MIDI Timecode from the submenu to enable MIDI input.

  4. From the View menu, choose Toolbars. Select the Regions/Playlist check box and click the OK button. The timecode is displayed in the Regions/Playlist toolbar when you start your MIDI device.

  5. Create a region that includes the sound data you want to trigger.

  6. Add the region to your playlist/cutlist.

  7. In the Playlist window, choose SMPTE: Play at Time from the Trigger drop-down list and enter the time at which you want to start playback in the SMPTE time box.