User`s guide

Chapter 17: Conductor Tracks and Memory Locations 235
Partial Measures
Aligning Beat 1 to a SMPTE Location
When scoring to film or video, you will of-
ten need to start a section of music at a pre-
cise SMPTE location. Since this SMPTE lo-
cation will usually not fall cleanly at the
beginning of a measure, you can insert a
meter event at the SMPTE location where
the music needs to start.
As necessary, Pro Tools will create a partial
measure to accommodate the inserted
meter event. When a meter event is pre-
ceded by a partial measure, the meter event
is displayed in italics in the Meter Ruler.
Partial measures can also occur when past-
ing meter events to locations other than
beat one.
Memory Locations and
Markers
Each session can save up to 200 Memory
Locations that can be used to recall:
• Markers to bar and beat locations or
SMPTE frames
• Edit selections across one or more tracks
• Record and play ranges, along with
pre/post-roll times
• Track settings that include Show/Hide
status, Track Heights, and zoom values
• Edit and Mix Groups enables
Memory Locations are viewed and sorted
in the Memory Locations window, where
they can be recalled by clicking the Mem-
ory Location.
✽ With the Numeric Keypad Mode set to
Classic, Memory Locations can be recalled
from the numeric keypad by pressing the Mem-
ory Location number followed by period.
✽ With the Numeric Keypad Mode set to Trans-
port or Shuttle, Memory Locations can be re-
called from the numeric keypad by pressing
period, the Memory Location number, and pe-
riod again.
Properties of Memory
Locations
When creating a new Memory Location
(see “Creating Memory Locations” on
page 237) you are prompted to define its
Time Properties and General Properties.
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Memory Location dialog