Editing a Playlist Region

Special Menu:
Playlist/Cutlist

The Edit Playlist dialog allows you to specify the number of times a playlist region will be played, set up MIDI triggers, and establish pre-roll.

What do you want to do?

Open the Edit Playlist dialog

  1. Select a Playlist/Cutlist region.

If the playlist is not visible, choose Playlist/Cutlist from the View menu or press Alt+2.

  1. From the Special menu, choose Playlist/Cutlist and choose Edit from the submenu (or double-click a region in the Playlist).

Right-click a playlist region and choose Edit from the shortcut menu.

Specify a region's play count

Enter a value in the Play Count box or use the up and down arrows 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.

Trigger a playlist region using MIDI commands

  1. 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.

If the MIDI Input Sync/Trigger command is selected while using this dialog, you can auto-complete the Channel and Note values by pressing a key on your MIDI Keyboard.

Item

Description

Channel

If the playlist region will be triggered by a MIDI note, this will be 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:

Pre-roll playback

Select the Pre-roll playback check box 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 and the pre-roll time is set to 0.5 seconds. When you start playback of the Playlist from Region 2, the last 0.5 seconds of Region 1 will be played back before starting Region 2. This allows you to hear the transition between the two regions.

Press / (forward slash) when a playlist region is selected to select the Pre-roll playback check box without opening the Edit Playlist dialog.

Set a playlist stop point

Select the Stop point check box to stop playback with the selected region.

When the Playlist is invoked, it will to play through the regions until it encounters a stop point. The Playlist will continue to play only after it is invoked again. 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.

Press * when a playlist region is selected to select the Stop point check box without opening the Edit Playlist dialog.

Synchronize playback with MIDI timecode

You can use MIDI timecode to synchronize Sound Forge playback to another device.

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

  2. On the MIDI/Sync tab, choose the device to which you want to synchronize from the Input drop-down list and click the OK button.

  3. From the Options menu, select MIDI Input Sync/Trigger 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 that you want to trigger.

  6. Add your region to the playlist.

  7. Double-click the playlist region to open the Edit Playlist dialog.

  8. In the Edit Playlist dialog, 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.