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The Project window
Getting on-the-fly info with the Arrow tool
If the option “Select Tool: Show Extra Info” is activated in
the Preferences (Editing–Tools page), a tooltip will be
shown for the Arrow tool, displaying information depending
on where you point it. For example, in the Project window
event display, the tool will show the current pointer position
and the name of the track and event you’re pointing at.
The ruler
The ruler at the top of the event display shows the timeline.
Initially, the Project window ruler uses the display format
specified in the Project Setup dialog (see “The Project
Setup dialog” on page 22), as do all other rulers and posi-
tion displays in the project. However, you can select an in-
dependent display format for the ruler by clicking the arrow
button to the right of it and selecting an option from the
pop-up menu (you can also bring up this pop-up menu by
right-clicking anywhere in the ruler).
• The selection you make here affects the ruler, the info
line and tooltip position values (which appear when you
drag an event in the Project window).
You can also select independent formats for other rulers and position
displays.
• 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-
mat in any ruler.
• If you use the “Timecode” option and the option “Show
Timecode Subframes” is activated in the Preferences
(Transport page), the frames will also display subframes.
There are 80 subframes per frame.
Operations
Creating a new project
You create a new project in the following way:
1. Select “New Project…” from the File menu.
The Project Assistant dialog appears, listing a number of recently
opened projects as well as the available templates. For detailed informa-
tion about this dialog, see “New Project” on page 254.
• To create the project based on an existing template (in-
cluding the corresponding tracks, events and settings),
select a template from the desired category.
• To create an empty project, select the Empty template
from the More category.
An emtpy project is also created if no template is selected in the cur-
rently shown category.
2. Select a location for saving the project.
• To create the project in the default location, select the
corresponding option. You can also enter a name for the
project folder in the “Project folder” field.
If you do not enter a name here, the project will reside in a folder named
“Untitled”. Naming is recommended at this stage, since having many fold-
ers titled “Untitled1”, “Untitled2”, etc. can be very confusing.
• To save your project in a different location, activate the
“Prompt for project location” button.
Click Continue to specify a location and set a project folder before creating
the project. New projects created like this are always untitled to begin with.
3. Depending on your choice above, click Create or
Continue.
If you selected the “Prompt for project location” option, a file dialog opens,
otherwise the new project is directly opened in the Project window.
Option Positions and lengths displayed as
Bars+Beats Bars, beats, sixteenth notes and ticks. By default there
are 120 ticks per sixteenth note.
Seconds Hours, minutes, seconds and milliseconds.
Timecode This format displays hours, minutes, seconds and frames.
The number of frames per second (fps) is set in the
Project Setup dialog (see “The Project Setup dialog” on
page 22). You can choose between 24, 25, 29.97 and
30fps or 29.97 and 30dfps (“drop frame”).
Samples Samples.
Time Linear When this is selected, the ruler will be linear relative to
time. This means that if there are tempo changes on the
tempo track, the distance between the bars will vary in
Bars+Beats mode.
Bars+Beats
Linear
When this is selected, the ruler will be linear relative to
the meter position – bars and beats. This means that if
there are tempo changes on the tempo track, there still
will be the same distance between bars in Bars+Beats
mode. If the ruler is set to a time-based mode, the dis-
tance between seconds will vary depending on the
tempo changes.