Loop and Punch marker enhancements

When looping is enabled, the loop times are indicated by yellow markers in the Time ruler. When punch recording is enabled, the punch times are indicated by red markers.

A. Loop Start B. Punch In C. Punch Out D. Loop End

Intuitive mouse cursors

The time ruler now uses more intuitive mouse cursors for selection, loop, punch and marker drag bars and handles.

The mouse cursor shows a letter to indicates which marker will be modified before you actually click the marker: S (Selection), L (Loop), P (Punch), and M (Marker). This is helpful when different marker types overlap.

Whether you point to a marker, click, or drag, Cakewalk now uses a single consistent mouse cursor for all gestures.

Improved range dragging behavior

Loop and Punch region markers always appear as interconnected pairs (Start and End). You can now drag a Loop or Punch marker past its paired sibling marker in order to flip the range in the opposite direction. For example, you can drag the Loop End marker earlier than the Loop Start marker.

Loop and Punch markers now also preview while dragging.

 

Tip: If multiple markers overlap, you can click any of the overlapping markers and keep the mouse button down, then press TAB to cycle through to the marker you want to move. For example, if a selection, loop, and punch marker are all at measure 5, pressing TAB (while holding down the left mouse button) cycles through S (selection), L (Loop), and P (Punch).

Minimum duration for punch record range

The minimum punch duration is an 1/8th note (same as the minimum loop range).

 

See:

The Time ruler

Looping

Loop recording

Punch recording

Punch module

Loop module

New features