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The Pilot Zone
The Metronome
To add a click sound to playback and/or recording (as
specified on the Program Settings page, see “The Pro-
gram Settings page” on page 71), activate the Metronome
button. The metronome will follow the project tempo and
time signature.
Deactivating this button will turn off the metronome click.
Computer Usage
On the right side of the Pilot Zone, there is a Computer
Usage indicator. If your computer is trying to do too many
things at once, it may overload. If this happens, the Com-
puter Usage indicator will light up. Click on it to reset it.
The Pilot Zone display
The Pilot Zone Display contains important information
about your project. Displayed in the Pilot Zone Display
from left to right is the Song Position, the Tempo, the Time
Signature and the Project Root Key.
The Pilot Zone Display.
The Song Position (POS)
The Song position tells you the current position of the cur-
sor in your project.
The Song position can be displayed in the time formats
“bars and beats” or “seconds”. To set the time format,
click in the top right corner of the Song Position field.
To change the song position, you have the following pos-
sibilities:
• Double-click the song position field and type in the de-
sired position.
• Click and hold the song position field and drag up or
down with your mouse.
• Click in the lower half of the Ruler Zone at the desired
position.
The Tempo (TEMPO)
The tempo display shows the current project tempo at the
cursor position.
To change the tempo, you have the following possibilities:
• Double-click the tempo field and type in the desired
tempo.
• Click in the tempo field, keep the mouse button pressed
and drag up or down.
• Select a loop within your project that has the desired
tempo and drag it onto the Tempo field.
This will change the tempo to the tempo set in the loop file.