Specifications

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Rulers
These options selectively display various Time-
base and Conductor rulers in the Edit window.
In addition to providing a timing reference for
track material, Timebase rulers are used to de-
fine Edit and Timeline selections.
Besides selecting individual rulers, you can se-
lect
All of the rulers, or the Minimal number of
rulers (which is the main timebase ruler only).
Timebase Rulers
Any or all of the following Timebase rulers can
be displayed at the top of the Edit window:
• Bars:Beats
•Minutes:Seconds
•Timecode
•Timecode 2
• Feet+Frames
•Samples
In addition to providing a timing reference for
track material, the Timebase rulers are also used
to define Edit selections for track material, and
Timeline selections for record and play ranges.
Conductor Rulers
Any or all of the following Conductor rulers can
be displayed:
•Markers
•Tempo (and Tempo Editor)
•Meter
• Key Signature (and Key Signature Staff)
•Chord Symbols
The Tempo, Meter, Key Signature and Chord
Symbols rulers indicate changes in tempo, me-
ter, key signature, and chords within the ses-
sion. The Markers ruler displays Markers to im-
portant track locations.
The Tempo Editor is an expansion of the Tempo
ruler, opening in the rulers section of the Edit
window.
You can show or hide the Key Signature Staff in
the Key Signature ruler.
Other Displays
These options let you show or hide the Universe
view, the Track List, Clip List, or the MIDI Edi-
tor. A check mark indicates an open display.
Universe The Universe view displays an over-
view of the entire session, representing audio
and MIDI material on all tracks that are not hid-
den (including tracks that are inactive, or that
contain offline clips). The order in which mate-
rial is displayed in the Universe view corre-
sponds to the track order in the Edit window.
In the Universe view, audio, MIDI, and video
clips on tracks are represented by horizontal
lines that are the same colors as the clips on the
tracks. Additionally, each channel in a stereo or
multichannel audio track is represented indi-
vidually.
Track List This option shows or hides the Track
List.
Clip List This option shows or hides the Clip
List.
MIDI Editor This option opens a MIDI Editor
docked within the Edit window. This option ap-
pears grayed out if no MIDI editor window is
available.