User`s guide

Chapter 17: Conductor Tracks and Memory Locations 233
Meter Events
Meter events can be inserted at the begin-
ning 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
playback, the session’s current meter is dis-
played 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 Control (Macintosh) or the
Start key (Windows), move the cursor into
the Meter Ruler (cursor changes to the
Grabber with a “+”) and click at the desired
location.
2 In the Meter Change window, enter the
Location and Meter for the meter change.
Select the Snap To Bar option if you want
the inserted 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. If desired,
select the dot (.) option for a dotted click
value.
✽ For some meters, it may be desirable to use
a dotted value for the click. For instance, if us-
ing a meter of 6/8, a dotted eighth-note click
(yielding two clicks per measure) is more suit-
able than a straight eighth-note click (six clicks
per measure).
Current meter displayed in Transport window
Change Meter button
current meter
Manually inserting a meter event
Meter Change window