Playing Timeline and Edit Selections with the Playhead

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Moving the Playhead

(Pro Tools HD Only)

When the Scrolling option is set to Center Playhead, selections in the Timeline do not determine when playback begins. The Playhead itself denotes where playback begins when clicking Play in the Transport.

Timeline and Edit selections, however, can still be played when the Playhead is enabled.

To play an Edit selection with the Playhead enabled:

1 Deselect Options > Link Timeline and Edit Selections.

2 Select Options > Scrolling > Center Playhead.

3 With the Selector or Time Grabber tool, make a track selection.

4 Choose Edit > Selection > Play Edit.

The Playhead jumps to the Edit selection and plays it from beginning to end, and then stops.

To play a Timeline selection with the Playhead enabled:

1 Deselect Options > Link Timeline and Edit Selections.

2 Select Options > Scrolling > Center Playhead.

3 Drag with the Selector tool in any Timebase ruler to set the play range.

4 Choose Edit > Selection > Play Timeline.

The Playhead jumps to the Timeline selection and plays it from beginning to end, and then stops.