Nuendo + Cubase - Why isn't there a Pause Button?

[Milliampere]

Hi there,
it is always good to learn, that others have the same issues …

I have to say that none of the macro suggestions has brought up a real PAUSE function that does NOT alter the original START position.

Please check this thread:

PAUSE command in transport

I am looking for a way to get the good old START, STOP, PAUSE logic into my Nuendo setup. What I want is this: My spacebar is set to return to start position when stopping. Thats fine, I need that most often. Additonally, I want the possibility to stop playback and continue where I stopped. In old days this was called PAUSE. So PAUSE always continues where transport was stopped, STOP always returns to the initial START position. I can’t find a way to get this set up. There have been several p…

PAUSE means that I could halt transport and when I press it again (or press START) it will resume. This also counts while recording, it would still write into the same files, events etc.
When pressing STOP, transport returns to the last position where START was pressed from a STOP condition. Previous discussions unveiled that this is not achievable with macros and I have tried them all. Only solution/workaround:

• Set RETURN TO START POSITION AT STOP to OFF
• Press a marker everytime you start transport.
• Use stop as PAUSE
• Use the marker to return to the last origignal START position.

This still doesn’t PAUSE recording, it STOPS recording. And I don’t want to set a marker just because I might want to PAUSE transport.

Had a chat recently with guys from Steinberg at a trade show, they know its a flaw but they dont want to change it. It would require more pressure from users.