Learning Audion's controls

    Audion has a simple set of controls (buttons, displays, etc.) used to manage your audio.

About "faces"

    Audion's main look can be customized in a wide variety of ways using files called "faces". Each face, short for faceplate, is an entirely new look and feel for Audion's control window. The controls and buttons you see below should be the easily recognizable no matter what face you end up choosing.

    Tip: You can choose a face that fits you.

The interface explained

    A Track/Time Display
    Displays the current track, and the time into that track. You can click on the time display to switch between time elapsed and time remaining while listening to a song.

    Tip: Option click the time display to view 'time remaining'.
    Position Slider
    Click on the time digits to get a pop-up slider which allows you to seek and skip within a song, on the fly.
    B Play/Pause Indicator
    C Mode Indicator
    Reflects the type of audio being played: MP3, CD, or Net.
    D CDDB Indicator
    Blinks when Audion is grabbing CD info off the Internet.
    E Pull-Down Menu Button
    This button produces a useful menu. With CDs, for example, it displays all the CDs tracks allowing you to select a new one.
    F Information Button
    This button opens up Audion's Information Window.
    G Mode Button
    This button defines the behavior of the "play" button.
    H Volume Button
    Pressing this button lets you set Audion's volume level.
    I Rewind / Track Back
    Click once to go back a track, click and hold to rewind.
    J Stop
    Click to stop playing audio.
    K Play/Pause
    Click to play. While playing, click again to pause.
    L Fast Forward / Track Forward
    Click once to go to the next track, click and hold to fast forward.
    M Eject
    When playing a CD, click to eject it. When playing MP3s, click to open a playlist.

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