Solved Strange Playback Behavior with Loop Active

[FenderDude]

Hello

I enabled Loop playback, and highlighted a section. When it reaches the end of the section, it returns to the start of the section, but does not actually play. I have to press the play button several times to get it to play the section again. It seems to be a random number of times.

This is a screenshot

I have tried all possible permutations of "Loop Follows Selection", "Enable Play Start Marker", and "Return to Start on Stop." No matter what i select, it just returns to the start of the section, but doesn't actually start playing.
In other DAWS, i just select a range, enable loop selection, and it just plays continuously without the need press play several times. What am i doing wrong? Has anyone else seen this?
Thanks

Windows 11
Studio one Pro 7 (demo for now)
Line6 Pod Go
Fender stratocaster

 

[Trucky]

How are you highlighting a section and what options do you have enabled?

I created macros and a macropage that does what you're trying to do.

Check out the following topic:

Custom Macros Speed Up Workflow

 

[FenderDude]

How are you highlighting a section and what options do you have enabled?

I created macros and a macropage that does what you're trying to do.

Check out the following topic:

Custom Macros Speed Up Workflow

Hi thank you for replying. I used the pencil tool to draw a range and made sure that the brackets are showing, and the range is colored light blue, not greyed out. On the transport bar, I clicked on the loop icon. When I press play it reaches the end of the highlighted range, returns to the start of it, but doesn't actually start playing. I haven't had a chance to try the macros, but I was hoping that a macro wouldn't be required. Please forgive my ignorance since I am still in the trial phase of studio one, but I thought continuous looping playback is already a basic transport function of studio one. Please let me know if it's not and a macro is required in order to keep looping. Thanks once again and Regards.

 

[Trucky]

Hi thank you for replying. I used the pencil tool to draw a range and made sure that the brackets are showing, and the range is colored light blue, not greyed out. On the transport bar, I clicked on the loop icon. When I press play it reaches the end of the highlighted range, returns to the start of it, but doesn't actually start playing. I haven't had a chance to try the macros, but I was hoping that a macro wouldn't be required. Please forgive my ignorance since I am still in the trial phase of studio one, but I thought continuous looping playback is already a basic transport function of studio one. Please let me know if it's not and a macro is required in order to keep looping. Thanks once again and Regards.

Don't you mean the "Range" tool for selecting a range?

With these options enabled it works (playback keeps looping) like what you're asking for.
Once the "Loop Active" button is enabled you don't need to keep clicking it on.

 

[FenderDude]

Hi
Yes, i have it set up as in those screenshots. When it reaches the end, it loops back, then stops at the beginning of the range. I made a screen capture video, but i'm not able to upload it.

 

[Trucky]

OK, so we just need to identify an option setting you've set that's different than mine.

The current release is:
Studio One 7.2.2.107056 Win x64 (Built on Jul 23 2025)

What specific release of Studio One are you running?

 

[FenderDude]

Hi I think i may have found the issue. I had "Sync to External Devices" checked. I don't fully understand what Studio One is doing with that, in relation to loop playback. But when i unchecked it, it goes back to the start of the range. Thank you.

 

[Trucky]

Great!

Any thoughts on why you had that option enabled?

 

[FenderDude]

Hi
I was trying to start playback of a guitar pro file from within studio one (which apparently doesn't work). I wrote that up in a separate thread.

I forgot to turn off the sync button after that initial trial.
Thanks and Regards