M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio User Manual

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Chapter 33: Time, Tempo, Meter, Key, and Chords

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Conductor Rulers

Any or all of the following Conductor rulers can
be displayed:

• Markers

• Tempo (and Tempo Editor)

• Meter

• Keys (and Key Signature Staff)

• Chords

The Meter and Tempo rulers indicate changes in
meter and tempo within the Session. The Key
Signature ruler indicates changes of key. The
Chord Symbols ruler shows chord markers. The
Markers ruler displays markers to important
track locations.

To display all rulers:

„

Select View > Rulers > All.

To remove a ruler from the display, do one of the
following:

„

Option-click the ruler’s name (to the left of

the ruler display).

– or –

„

Choose View > Rulers, and deselect a ruler

option.

To display only the Main Time Scale in the
Timebase ruler:

„

Select View > Rulers > None (“Main Time Scale”

on page 666.)

To add a specific ruler to the display, such as the
Markers ruler, for instance:

„

Select View > Rulers > Marker.

To change the display order for the rulers:

„

Click a ruler’s name and drag up or down to

the new location.

To copy the range selection from a Conductor ruler
to make an Edit selection in the top track in the
Edit window (or in the Notes pane in MIDI Editor
windows):

„

Press Start+; (semicolon) (Windows) or

Control+; (semicolon) (Mac).

Ruler View Selector

The Timebase and Conductor rulers can also be
configured with the Ruler View selector.

For more information on Memory Location
markers, see Chapter 34, “Memory Locations.”

Ruler View selector in the Edit Window.

Click the Ruler View selector

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