With these controls you can play/stop a song or seek to the wished position.
Table 4.1. AGS playback controls table
| icon | action | description |
|---|---|---|
 | backward | Seeking back until it's pressed again. |
 | previous | Seeking back until it's not pressed anymore. |
 | play | Starts the engines and the piano roll. |
 | stop | Stops the engines and the piano roll. |
 | next | Seeking forward until it's not pressed anymore. |
 | forward | Seeking forward until it's pressed again. |
The loop checkbox enables the loop L and loop R settings below. It causes the notation to loop playback. Auto-Scroll checkbox animates the horizontal scrollbars to follow playback position. Use exclude sequencers checkbox to enable/disable pattern based sequencers.