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Listening in Motif

Motif keeps listening connected to the music you are browsing. Select a track in Library or Tracked and the now playing bar appears at the bottom of the window. It continues playing while you move between views.

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The visible list is the queue

Motif does not require a separate queue panel. The tracks currently visible after search, filtering, sorting, or opening a collection become the active play order. This means:

• next and previous follow the current view;
• automatic advance continues through that view;
• narrowing search also narrows what playback will move through;
• the play and shuffle buttons on a collection make that collection the queue.

Starting a track somewhere else re-anchors the queue to the new context.

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Now playing bar

The compact player keeps the essential controls available:

• current title and credits;
• shuffle;
• previous, play or pause, and next;
• repeat off, repeat all, and repeat one;
• elapsed and total time with a seekable progress rail;
• mute and volume;
• version comparison controls when versions exist;
• an expand control for the focused player.

Read Playback controls for exact transport and keyboard behavior.

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Expanded player

Open the expanded player by selecting the current title or expand control. The focused view adds:

• a large waveform or audio-reactive visualizer;
• track metadata such as BPM, key or detune, format, type, and credits;
• the same transport and seek controls;
• visualizer preset navigation and fullscreen.

Tracked audio opens in visualizer mode by default, but you can switch to the waveform. Read Expanded player for waveform interaction and Visualizer for scenes, picture-in-picture, and compatibility fallback.

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Waveform navigation

The expanded waveform is more than decoration:

• click or drag to seek;
• use the mouse wheel to zoom around the pointer;
• let the view follow the playhead while music continues;
• use the Left and Right arrow keys to move five seconds when you are not typing in a field.

Motif prepares waveform peaks in the background for the active track and nearby music so transitions feel immediate.

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Visualizers

The visualizer reacts to the current audio and rotates through a set of scenes.

• click the canvas for another scene;
• use Up and Down in visualizer mode to move between presets;
• allow scenes to change automatically during continued playback;
• use the top-right control to enter or leave fullscreen.

If the graphics environment cannot start the visualizer, Motif presents a compatibility option or a clear unavailable state instead of interrupting playback.

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Versions while listening

Versioned tracks add an older-version control, blind A/B mode, and random-version selection to the now playing bar. Switching versions keeps the surrounding listening context intact. Read Versions for grouping and comparison behavior.

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Global shortcuts

Shortcuts do not take over while you are typing into a text field.