Apple Logic Pro 9 - Manual (Page 121)

Setting the Playhead with the Position Display
The Transport bar’s Position display shows the current playhead position in two formats:
• SMPTE Time: The upper row displays the playhead position in SMPTE time format—hours
: minutes : seconds : frames / subframes.
• Musical division of time: The lower row displays the playhead position in bars, beats,
division, and ticks.
A beat corresponds to the denominator in the time signature.
The division value is set in the Transport bar, below the time signature.
Division value
A tick is the smallest possible bar subdivision. It is equal to 1/3840th of a note.
To set the playhead position in the Position display
Do one of the following:
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Click-hold any of the numbers in the Position display, and move the mouse up or down.
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Double-click either display field, and then type in a new position.
The playhead moves to match the display position.
Adjusting the first number in the Bar display moves the playhead by bars, and by hours
in the SMPTE display.
Adjusting the second number moves by beats in the Bar display, and by minutes in the
SMPTE display, and so on at increasingly small divisions with the other values shown in
the Position display.
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