Loop Markers

Ross wrote on 8/17/2014, 6:13 PM
Can anyone tell me how to deactivate the loop markers on the timeline or at least make them so that they do not jump with the cursor. I find it most irritating to click on the timeline and hit play only to find that the loop control markers have re-positioned themselves so that only a small section plays. I then have to drag them out of the way but they keep moving back. Clicking off allow loop playback does not do it.
Thanks

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PeterWright wrote on 8/17/2014, 7:33 PM
Options/Preferences/Editing

Check "Collapse loop region when no time selection is present"
Ross wrote on 8/17/2014, 9:33 PM
Thank you - that will save me a lot of work.
Good to have this type of support
Chienworks wrote on 8/18/2014, 9:02 AM
That is weird. I have *NEVER* had the loop markers move around like that. I wonder what sort of mode you're in that i am not.

I really dislike the 'collapse loop' function. For me, that means that the loops disappear every time i click anywhere, especially when i want the loop there! It makes loops completely useless and pointless for me.

When i want to get rid of loops i simply press i and then immediately o, which creates a loop of zero duration.
Steve Mann wrote on 8/19/2014, 10:57 PM
Chien - when the OP said that he clicks on the timeline and the loop markers move and get small, the first thing I thought was that he is double-clicking on the timeline.
Chienworks wrote on 8/20/2014, 8:28 AM
It might also be possible he's doing a slight drag while the mouse button is down. That would create a new loop region the size of the drag.
jerald wrote on 9/5/2014, 9:12 PM
If you press 'i', followed by 'o', while not playing, you'll create a zero-length loop that won't cause headaches by inadvertently looping while playing.

In other words, creating a zero-length loop effectively 'deactivates' the loop markers.

I've gotten in the habit of pausing playback, pressing 'i', then pressing 'o' when I want to disable any existing loop.
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