Playback & Record Positioning in Cycle Mode [SOLVED]

[peachboy]

Hi,

This is probably going to sound like a really dumb question, and I should know the answer to this (given that I've been using Logic since 1995)....

...but...


Is there any way, when cycle mode is on, that I can start playing or recording from the song's current position? Everytime I hit play or record it jumps back to the beginning of the cycle (i.e the first locator).

As a workaround I momentarily take cycle mode off, hit play at the current position, and then put cycle mode back on again - not exactly ideal. There surely must be a way of playing a song from it's current position while in cycle mode?

[EricBradley]

Click and hold the left mouse button on the little Play button in the transport.
Choose the behavior you want.

[David]

And if you wish to retain Logic's default play modes, you can use the pause button.

So with cycle on, playhead wherever you want:

- Press pause to engage the pause button.
- Press pause again to start playback at the playhead position (or press record, the pause again to start recording at the playhead position).

Note that you will not get a count-in when recording that way (independently of your count-in settings in that project).

[peachboy]

Thankyou both for those two great tips.

[EricBradley]

You're welcome!