Marker bar
Beat ruler
Zoom controls
Transport
bar
Marker bar
Time ruler (if displayed)
The marker bar runs the length of your project and contains the tags for markers and regions positioned along the project’s timeline.
Beat ruler
The beat ruler allows you to place events in reference to the musical time of bars and beats. This ruler is fixed and does not update when you change the tempo. This allows the events in the tracks to maintain their size when you adjust the tempo.
Time ruler
The time ruler provides a timeline for your project. This ruler can show real time in many different formats. For more information, see Changing the time ruler format on page 249. The ruler changes with tempo, since the number of beats and beats per second of real time changes with tempo.
Transport bar
The transport bar contains the playback and cursor positioning buttons frequently used while working on your project.
Record new track
Loop playback
Play from beginning of project
Play project from cursor position
Pause playback
Stop playback
Move cursor to start of project
Move cursor to end of project
MIDI step record
MIDI merge record
Toggle metronome for playback and recording
Toggle metronome countoff and set countoff options
The software also includes keyboard shortcuts for these playback commands. For more information, see Playback commands on page 309.
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