Detailed Waveform Window
The detailed waveform windows show a selection of the track. The yellow play cursor indicates the moment that is currently playing or will play once the track begins playing. When the track is playing, the waveform will scroll from right to left in the detailed waveform window.
Beat Markers
Directly above the waveform window there is a thin grey strip with white triangles and colored dot points (same color as the deck letter). These triangles and dots are the beat markers. They indicate that Zulu thinks there might be a beat at that point. The white triangles denote the strong beat, or downbeat. The colored dots denote weaker beats. Depending on the kind of music you are playing, these beat markers may or may not be completely accurate. The positioning of the beat markers is determined by the beats per minute (BPM), which can be edited (see the Edit BPM topic in this manual for more information).
Cue points(Hot Cues)
When using the cue points, also called Hot Cues, you will see a blue marker in the detailed waveform window. This indicates that a cue point has been set at that point. By default, the cue point is always set based on the cursor position in the wave window, but can be placed anywhere you like. See the "Cue point buttons" section of the Cue Point for more information on how to set Cue points.
To move the cue point in the detailed waveform window, drag the blue line to change its position. Drag the edge of cue loop to change the loop length. By default it will snap to the nearest beat marker. Turn off Strict Style to have more control over where the Cue is placed. Hold down control then it will allow fine adjustment of the loop length.
Wave Scratching
Click and drag the mouse inside the detailed waveform window to apply scratching. If a quick drag is applied and let go, the cursor will travel by on its own depending how quickly the cursor had moved previously.
Wave Skipping
Click and drag the mouse inside the preview waveform window to the left and right to skip backward or forward for the loaded track.
Preview Waveform Window
The preview waveform window shows the waveform for the full length of the track. The highlighted selection section is the section that is currently shown in the detailed waveform window. This highlighted selected section moves through the full track as you play the audio.
Click anywhere on the preview waveform window to jump the yellow play cursor to that point and display it in the detailed waveform window. For finer control of the position of a track use the detailed waveform window (see above).
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