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317Logic Pro User Guide
To set a project to use the musical grid, go to File > Project Settings > General. You
can also show a secondary ruler that displays the alternative time format by choosing
Secondary Ruler from the Tracks area View menu. For more details about setting the
project to use the musical grid, see General settings in Logic Pro.
Use alignment guides in Logic Pro
Alignment guides appear when the edges of a region you are moving align with another
region in the timeline and when automation points you are moving align with other items in
the timeline. Alignment guides briefly appear as the edge of the region or automation point
aligns with other items in the timeline.
You can turn alignment guides on or off in the Snap pop-up menu.
Turn alignment guides on or off
In Logic Pro, choose Snap > Alignment Guides in the Tracks area menu bar.
Snap items to the grid in Logic Pro
The Tracks area includes a grid that helps you align regions, automation points, and other
items with the time divisions in the ruler. When you perform any of the following actions,
the items move according to the current Snap value:
Moving and resizing regions
Moving the playhead
Adjusting the cycle region
Dragging loops to the Tracks area
Moving automation points in automation curves
When Show Advanced Tools is selected in the Advanced preferences pane, the Snap
pop-up menu is available in the Tracks area and in time-based editors, including the Piano
Roll Editor and Audio Track Editor. Using the Snap pop-up menu, you can set the Snap
value and perform other functions.
By default, the Snap function is relative. When you move or edit an item, it retains the same
relative distance from its original grid position. For example, if a region is placed at position
1.2.1.16, and you move the region two beats forward (with the Snap value set to Bar), the
region snaps to position 2.2.1.16, not 2.1.1.1 (or 2.2.1.1). You can move items so that they
align with the nearest grid value by choosing Snap to Absolute Value from the Snap pop-up
menu.
You can show the grid in the Tracks area, to help you visualize the positions of items in the
Tracks area relative to the Snap value.