Playing Songs in a Playlist

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Playing Songs in a Playlist

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After you select a playlist in the Playlist Panel, you can:

B832Start playback at any song.
B832Automatically play each of the songs in their order in the playlist.
B832Loop through the songs in the playlist multiple times.
B832Dynamically queue a different song to be played next after the completion of the currently playing song, as a disc jockey might do so.
 

prcarrow To start playback in a playlist:

1.Click the mouse on the song you want to play first.
That song will be highlighted with a dark blue background to indicated that it has been selected.
If you want to start playback with the first song, and no song has been previously selected, then you can skip this step: the first song will automatically be selected.
2.Click the PlaylistPlayButton button.
The song you selected will start playing.  You will see the notes highlighted as they play, just as in normal playback.  The currently playing song will be highlighted with a dark green background in the Playlist Panel.  The next song to be played will be highlighted with a light green background.

 

PlaylistFirstSongPlaylistInProgress

prcarrow To stop playback:

B832Click the PlaylistStopButton button in the Playlist Panel.

-- OR --

B832Use any other method you normally use to stop playback of a single song, such as by hitting the SPACE key, or by clicking the Stop ToolbarButtonStop  button in the toolbar, or toggling off the Playback ToolbarButtonPlay button in the toolbar.
 

prcarrow To play the songs one after another in their order in the playlist:

B832Turn on the "Auto Play Next Song" check mark at the bottom of the Playlist Panel.
B832To play all of the songs as an endless loop, restarting with the first after completing the last song in the playlist, turn on the "Loop Songs in Playlist" check mark.

You can toggle either of the above options during playback as well as before playback.

 

prcarrow To dynamically queue a different song to be played next after the completion of the currently playing song:

B832While the current song is playing, simply click the next song in the playlist that you wish to play next.
This will not interrupt the playback of the current song.  The song that you selected to play next will be highighted with a light green background.  After it plays, the playback will continue with the next song after it.

prcarrow To control the above features with your MIDI instrument, please see the details for the Pitch-to-Command feature.