Ruler Display Formats
You can select a display format for the ruler.
To select a new display format for the ruler, click the arrow button to the right of the ruler and select an option from the pop-up menu.
The selection that you make affects the time display formats in the following areas:
Ruler
Info line
Tooltip position values
The following options are available:
- Bars+Beats
Bars, beats, sixteenth notes, and ticks. By default, there are 120 ticks per sixteenth note. To change this, open the Preferences dialog, select MIDI, and adjust the MIDI Display Resolution setting.
- Seconds
Hours, minutes, seconds, and milliseconds.
- Timecode
Hours, minutes, seconds, and frames. The number of frames per second (fps) is set in the Project Setup dialog with the Frame Rate pop-up menu. To display subframes, open the Preferences dialog, select Transport, and activate Show Timecode Subframes.
- Samples
Samples.
- fps (User)
Hours, minutes, seconds, and frames, with a user-definable number of frames per second. To display subframes, open the Preferences dialog, select Transport, and activate Show Timecode Subframes. You can also set the number of fps.
- Time Linear
Sets the ruler linear to time.
- Bars+Beats Linear
Sets the ruler linear to bars and beats.