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The Project window
Editing transpose and velocity for MIDI parts
When one or several MIDI parts are selected, the info line
contains Transpose and Velocity fields.
• Adjusting the Transpose field transposes the selected
parts in semitone steps.
Note that this transposition does not change the actual notes in the part
– it is just a “play parameter”, affecting the notes on playback. The trans
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position you specify for a part on the info line is added to the transposi-
tion set for the whole track.
• Adjusting the Velocity field shifts the velocity for the se-
lected parts – the value you specify is added to the veloc-
ities of the notes in the parts.
Again, this velocity shift only affects the notes on playback, and again,
the value you specify is added to the Vel.Shift. value set for the whole
MIDI track in the Inspector.
The overview line
The overview line is displayed below the info line in the
Project window. In the overview line, events and parts on
all tracks are displayed as boxes.
• To show/hide the overview line, proceed as for the info
line (see above), but activate the Overview Line option
instead.
You can use the overview line to zoom in or out, and for
navigating to other sections of the project. This is done by
moving and resizing the track view rectangle in the over-
view line.
• The track view rectangle indicates the section of the
project currently displayed in the event display.
• You zoom in or out horizontally by resizing the rectangle.
Resize it by dragging the edges of the rectangle.
• You can drag the track view rectangle to view other
sections of the project.
This can also be done by clicking anywhere in the upper part of the over-
view – the track view rectangle will be moved to where you clicked.
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 44), 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
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mat in any ruler.
• If the “Timecode” option and the “Show Timecode Sub-
frames” option are activated in the Preferences dialog
(Transport page), the frames will also display subframes.
There are 80 subframes per frame.
Option Positions and lengths displayed as
Bars+Beats Bars, beats, sixteenth notes and ticks. By default there
are 120 ticks per sixteenth note, but you can adjust this
with the “MIDI Display Resolution” setting in the Prefer
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ences dialog (MIDI page).
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 with the Frame Rate pop-up
menu (see
“The Project Setup dialog” on page 44).
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
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tance between seconds will vary depending on the
tempo changes.