Specifications

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Setting Up the Grid
When the Display Preference for “Draw Grid in
Edit Window” is enabled, vertical Grid lines ap-
pear in the Edit window.
Grid lines in the Edit window can also be en-
abled and disabled by clicking the Timebase
Ruler name (Pro Tools 6.x) or its Indicator Dot
(Pro Tools 5.x) so it becomes highlighted.
Defining the Grid Value
In addition to affecting the placement of re-
gions, the Grid value also constrains Edit and
Timeline selections, and determines how the
Quantize Regions command works.
To set the Grid value:
1 From the Display menu, select the Time Scale
you will use for the Grid value.
– or –
To keep the Main Time Scale and use a different
time format for the Grid, deselect Follow Main
Timebase in the Grid Value pop-up menu in the
Edit window.
2 From the Grid Value pop-up menu in the Edit
window, select the time value that will define
the Grid boundaries.
– or –
To define a Grid based on the session’s Markers,
selections, and region boundaries, select Re-
gions/Markers from the Grid Value pop-up
menu.
Grid Value pop-up menu showing Bars:Beats