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The Project window
• To set the display format globally (for all windows), use
the primary display format pop-up on the Transport panel,
or hold down [Ctrl]/[Command] and select a display for
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mat in any ruler.
• If you use the “Timecode” or “User” options and the
“Show Timecode Subframes” option are activated in the
Preferences dialog (Transport page), the frames will also
display subframes.
There are 80 subframes per frame.
Using multiple rulers – ruler tracks
As described above, the Cubase Project window contains
a main ruler at the top of the event display, displaying the
timeline from left to right.
If needed, you can have several rulers in the Project win-
dow, by adding ruler tracks to the project. Each ruler track
contains an additional ruler.
• To add a ruler track, open the “Add Track” submenu
from the Project menu and select “Ruler”.
A ruler track showing an additional ruler is added to the track list.
You can add any number of ruler tracks to a project, and
position them as needed by dragging them up or down in
the track list. Each of the rulers can show a separate dis-
play format.
• To select a display format for a ruler track, click on its
name in the track list and select an option from the pop-up
menu.
Note that ruler tracks are completely independent from the
main event display ruler, as well as rulers and position dis-
plays in other windows. This means that:
• Each ruler track in a project can have its own display format.
• Ruler tracks are not affected by the display format setting in
the Project Setup dialog (see “The Project Setup dialog” on
page 54).
• Ruler tracks are not affected if you set the display format glob-
ally with the primary time display in the Transport panel.
Ö Ruler tracks are affected by the “Show Timecode
Subframes” option in the Preferences dialog (Transport
page, see above).
The Snap function
The Snap function helps you to find exact positions when
editing in the Project window. It does this by restricting
horizontal movement and positioning to certain positions.
Operations affected by Snap include moving, copying,
drawing, sizing, splitting, range selection, etc.
• You turn Snap on or off by clicking the Snap icon on the
toolbar.
When you are moving audio events with Snap activated, it
is not necessarily the beginning of the event that is used
as Snap position reference. Instead, each audio event has
a snap point, which you can set to a relevant position in
the audio (such as a downbeat, etc.).
The snap point is preferably set in the Sample Editor since
it allows for a higher degree of precision (see
“Adjusting
the snap point” on page 268). However, you can also set
the snap point directly in the Project window, in the follow-
ing way:
1. Select an event.
2. Place the project cursor at the desired position within
the selected audio event.