Arm: When you click Arm, the wave device is opened and all recording buffers are loaded in order to minimize the amount of time between clicking the Record button and when recording starts.

When Create new window is selected in the Mode drop-down list in the Record Options window, the Arm and Record buttons are enabled even when no data windows are open. When Normal or Create regions is selected, the Arm and Record buttons are not available until you create a data window or open a file.

Record: Starts/Stops the recording. For more information, please see one of the following topics:

• Create a new recording

• Record into an existing sound file

• Recording Audio Automatically

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

If there is no selection, the entire sound file is played in an endless loop.

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 Allto play all selected samples in the data window.

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.

TIP Select 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.

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

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

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

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.

This button is available only if disc-at-once tracks are present in your data window.

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

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

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.

This button is available only if disc-at-once tracks are present in your data window.

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

Remote Record: Click this button to display the Remote Record window and hide the Sound Forge Pro main window from view.