Specifications

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Meter Events
Meter events can be inserted at the beginning of
a session to replace the default meter (of 4/4),
and they can be inserted anywhere within the
session for additional meter changes. Meter
events are displayed in the Meter Ruler.
To display the Meter Ruler:
■ Select Display > Ruler View Shows > Meter.
Current Meter
As meter events are encountered during play-
back, the session’s current meter is displayed in
the Transport window.
Inserting Meter Events
To insert a meter event:
1 Choose MIDI > Change Meter.
– or –
Click the Change Meter button in the far left of
the Meter Ruler.
– or –
While pressing the Start key (Windows) or Con-
trol (Macintosh), move the cursor into the
Meter Ruler (where the cursor changes to the
Grabber with a “+”) and click at the location
where you want to insert the event.
2 In the Meter Change window, enter the Loca-
tion and Meter for the meter change.
Select the Snap To Bar option if you want the in-
serted meter event to fall cleanly on the first
beat of the nearest measure.
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.
Current meter displayed in Transport window
Change Meter button
current meter
Manually inserting a meter event
Meter Change window
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).