DigiDesign Digidesign Pro Tools 8.0, Reference Manual

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Chapter 33: Time, Tempo, Meter, Key, and Chords 665
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
; (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