The transport controls, at the bottom-left corner of the iControl, feature six large buttons: Record, Return to Zero, Rewind, Play, Fast Forward, and Cycle. You can use these buttons to navigate your projects, and to perform a number of recording and editing tasks.
Press the Record button (denoted by a large white dot) to activate recording on channel strips that are currently armed for recording. See Record Enable Button.
Press the Return to Zero button (denoted by a vertical line and left arrow) to move the playhead to the beginning of the project.
Quickly press the Rewind button (denoted by two left arrows) to move the playhead backward by one bar. Hold down the Rewind button to continuously move the playhead backward in one-bar steps.
You can also press the Rewind and Cycle buttons simultaneously to activate Cycle mode, and set the left cycle border (left locator) to the current playhead position.
Press the Play button (denoted by a right arrow) to start playback from the current playhead position, or to stop playback if the project is currently playing.
Quickly press the Fast Forward button (denoted by two right arrows) to move the playhead forward by one bar. Hold down the Fast Forward button to continuously move the playhead forward in one-bar increments.
You can also press the Fast Forward and Cycle buttons simultaneously to activate Cycle mode, and set the right cycle border (right locator) to the current playhead position.
Press the Cycle button (denoted by two circular arrows) to activate Cycle mode. If Cycle mode is active, pressing the Cycle button deactivates it.
You can activate Cycle mode—and set the left and right cycle locators, respectively—by using the Rewind or Fast Forward and Cycle buttons together. See M-Audio iControl: Using Locators and Cycle Mode.