DigiDesign Digidesign Pro Tools 8.0, Reference Manual

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Chapter 31: Score Editor 649
Meter Changes
You can add, edit, and delete Meters in your
score. Meter changes affect the number of bars
in the score (and in your session). When chang-
ing meter, notes are not moved, but the barlines
will be redrawn.
To add a Meter change:
1
Do one of the following:
• Choose
Event > Time Operations > Change
Meter .
– or –
• With the Note Selector, Grabber, or Pencil
tool, Right-click at the location in the score
where you want to change key and select
Insert > Meter Change
.
2
In the Meter Change dialog, do the following:
• Enter the Location and Meter for the meter
change.
– and –
• If you want the inserted meter event to fall
cleanly on the first beat of the nearest mea-
sure, select the
Snap To Bar option.
3
Select a note value for the number of clicks to
sound in each measure. For a dotted-note click
value, select the dot (.) option in addition to the
note value.
4
Click
OK
to insert the new meter.
To edit a Meter change:
1
With the Grabber tool, double-click the Meter
event you want to edit.
2
Enter values in the Meter Change dialog and
click
OK
.
To delete a Meter change:
„
With the Grabber tool, Alt-click (Windows) or
Option-click (Mac) the Meter event you want to
delete.
Chord Symbols and Diagrams
You can add, edit, and delete chord symbols and
chord diagrams (guitar tablature) in your score.
Chord symbols have no effect on MIDI data.
Also, chord symbols are not included when ex-
porting MIDI data from Pro Tools to a MIDI file,
but they are included when exporting to a Sibe-
lius file (.sib) or when using the
Send to Sibelius
command.
You can also add and delete Meters in the
Meter ruler in the Edit window and in MIDI
Editor windows.
Meter Change dialog
For some meters, it may be desirable to use
a dotted value for the click. For instance, if
using a meter of 6/8, a dotted quarter note
click (yielding two clicks per measure) is
generally more suitable than a straight
eighth note click (six clicks per measure).
You can also add and delete chord symbols
in the Chord Symbol ruler in the Edit window
and in MIDI Editor windows. However,
Chord Diagrams (guitar tab) are only
displayed in the Score Editor window.