key command to turn ON Transport Cycle ( not toggle)

Cubase
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Hi,

I assume this is very basic!

Is there a KC to turn ON the transport cycle ( not cmd/ctrl / that toggles)? I am trying to use a macro and loop different areas in my project and don’t’ want to use Transport > Cycle as it turns it on and off alternatively.

Thank you.

2

Hi,

Unfortunately there is no this Key Command. In general in Cubase most of the commands are toggles.

3

That is what I guessed!

This is not as good as a toggle. It saves a key in command but then there are scenarios you don’t want it to toggle.

4

Hi,

This is not the only one scenario, where dedicated On and Off Key Commands would help. I agree.

5

I seem to recall a feature request to add on/off Key Commands to all the existing toggles.

6

I had the same question so I’m replying to this thread with a more specific question.

To me the most useful macro ever would be “Play Selection in Loop”. I want to click on something in the top window and start playing it in loop with a single key. The best I could do was to macro

  • Locators to Select + Go to Left Locator + Transport Cycle + Transport Start
    I mapped the macro to the unused “.” but because of the Cycle toggle thing I’ve also re-mapped Cycle to the unused “/” (in addtion to the default “Num /”). This way I press “.” and for my macro when the toggle Cycle is off then I also press “/” (right next to the “.”) to do what I want.

Anybody can think of a way to have my most useful macro ever “Play Selection in Loop” to ALWAYS work with a single key press?

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I don’t think there is any way to make this work in a toggle-only world.

The only approach I can think of is to create 2 Macros, one that toggles the loop & one that doesn’t. If you assign each to a key then you could decide which to use based on the current loop state. So it would be one keystroke, but you’d need to choose between two possible keystrokes.