Playback

Praat for Beginners:
Quick guide to playback

See also:

• Quick guide to sound settings
• Sound objects and LongSound objects
• Troubleshooting bad playback
• Selecting earphones or loudspeakers
• Managing sound
• Mono and stereo

• Check that necessary sound devices are connected and switched on
• Check that the sound source is set in the Windows volume control:

• Playback from the Sound recorders:
  • Click the Play button to hear the latest recording
  • For more detail see Sound recorder playback

• Playback from the Objects window:
• Sound objects and LongSound objects are handled differently
• Select a LongSound object and click Play part.
  • Then set the start and end times of what you want to hear
  • Repeat the procedure to listen again
• The [Esc] key is active and stops playback
• For more detail see Objects window playback.

• Playback from the Sound editor:
  • Sound object: click View&Edit in the Objects window
  • LongSound object: click View in the Objects window
• In the Sound editor, the bars below the data window play various segments
• For more detail see Sound editor playback.

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