Ruler Track Controls

In the track list for ruler tracks you can change the display format for the ruler.

Right-click the ruler to open the display format pop-up menu.

The following display formats are available:

Bars+Beats

Activates a display format of bars, beats, sixteenth notes, and ticks. By default there are 120 ticks per sixteenth note. To adjust this, open the Preferences dialog, select MIDI, and set the MIDI Display Resolution.

Seconds

Activates a display format of hours, minutes, seconds, and milliseconds.

Timecode

Activates a display format of 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

Activates a display format of samples.

fps (User)

Activates a display format of 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. On the Transport page, you can also set the frame rate.

Note

Ruler tracks are not affected by the display format setting in the Project Setup dialog.