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Pro Tools Reference Guide236
Time Properties
Under Time Properties, a Memory Location
can be set to Marker, Selection, or None.
This determines the type of Memory Loca-
tion that is created. Each of these three
Memory Location types can also save any
combination of General Properties.
Marker Recalls a Timeline location whose
reference can be either Bar|Beat (tick-based)
or Absolute (sample-based). When recall-
ing a Marker Memory Location, the playback
cursor moves to the Marker’s location and
the start and end times in the Transport
window are also updated. If the Edit and
Timeline Selections are linked, the edit cur-
sor also moves to the Marker location.
Markers appear in the Markers Ruler with a
thin yellow line extending down through
all tracks in the Edit window (to assist in ar-
ranging and aligning track material). You
can click on a Marker in the Markers Ruler
to recall its location along with its stored
General Properties.
Selection Recalls an edit selection or edit
cursor location whose reference can be ei-
ther Bar|Beat (tick-based) or Absolute (sam-
ple-based). A Selection Memory Location lets
you store edit selections, for one or more
tracks, that you return to often within a
session. If the Edit and Timeline Selections
are linked, a Selection Memory Location
can recall record and play ranges.
▲ Only contiguous selections can be saved
with Memory Locations. Discontiguous selec-
tions, made with the Object Grabber, will be re-
called as if the selection were made with the
Time Grabber.
None
Recalls no Time Properties and is
therefore referred to as a General Properties
Memory Location.
Bar|Beat and Absolute Reference
The Reference pop-up determines whether
the Marker or Selection Memory Location
is Bar|Beat or Absolute. When set to
Bar|Beat, the Memory Location is tick-
based and its bar and beat location remains
constant if the tempo is changed—though
its relation to audio is scaled, resulting in a
new sample location.
When set to Absolute, the Memory Loca-
tion is sample-based and its bar and beat lo-
cation shifts if the tempo is changed—
though its sample location remains con-
stant, along with its relation to audio mate-
rial.
In the Markers Ruler, Markers that are
Bar|Beat appear as yellow chevrons, and
Markers that are Absolute appear as yellow
diamonds.
Markers in the Markers Ruler
Bar|Beat Marker (left) and Absolute Marker (right)