Hello, so I know “Return to Start Position on Stop” is an option in Nuendo preferences, but I was wondering if there was a way to leave that on (so when I press spacebar it returns to where I started), but ALSO have a keyboard shortcut (maybe like CTRL+Spacebar) that will stop the playhead wherever it currently is, like as if that option in preferences was off.
So what I would like to do is have:
Spacebar = start / Return to Start Position on Stop (which is how it currently works with the option on)
CTRL + Spacebar = stop playhead where it is currently
I tried to make a macro for stopping the playhead where it is while the Return to Start option is enabled. Basically I made it Toggle that option off, Stop, toggle that option back on. Unfortunately it doesn’t work though.
I do it the other way 'round, but the result might be a workaround for you nonetheless: I leave the Preference for “Return to Start Position on Stop” off and have a shortcut for the “Restart” command, which brings back the cursor to its last starting position and starts the playback from there again. I use that all the time with my right thumb (the key-command is assigned to the numerical block’s “Enter” key) and feel crippled in other DAWs that don’t offer this option.
To have both commands available you don’t really need any special key commands at all, if you are willing to press the default key for stop more than once!
By default the key command for Start is the numeric keypad ‘Enter’, and for Stop is the numeric keypad ‘0’. Make sure ‘Return to Start Position on Stop’ is de-activated and proceed as follows:
press keypad Enter to start playback
press keypad 0 to stop playback at the current cursor position
press keypad 0 a second time to return the cursor to the start position
This solution would also be my advice were it not for one little bummer: If cycle mode is engaged and the play cursor jumps from the right to the left locator double NumPad 0 does not work anymore. That is why I used Return To Start Position in the macro.
I have fought a bit with this and concluded that, for me, the best way to think about this in Nuendo is not like “does the cursor return or not”, but “where will it play from”.
So I leave it with “return to last start position on stop” unchecked, and I have three different options at hand:
Space will start from current position;
ctrl+space will start from last stop position;
shift+space will start from selection.
I always know what’s going on and very quickly this became second nature.
Highly recommend!
