Ruler Track Controls

Right-click the ruler to open the display format pop-up menu.

The following display formats are available:

Bars+Beats

Activates a display format of bars, beats, sixteenth notes, and ticks. By default there are 120 ticks per sixteenth note. To adjust this, set the MIDI Display Resolution in the Preferences dialog (MIDI page).

Seconds

Activates a display format of hours, minutes, seconds, and milliseconds.

Timecode

Activates a display format of 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. To display subframes, activate Show Timecode Subframes in the Preferences dialog (Transport page).

Feet+Frames 16 mm

Feet and frames, with 40 frames per foot. To let the beginning of a project always start at 0’00, regardless of any Start offset settings in the Project Setup dialog, activate Feet’n’Frames Count from Project Start in the Preferences dialog (Transport page).

Feet+Frames 35 mm

Feet, frames, and 1/4 frames, with 16 frames per foot. To let the beginning of a project always start at 0’00, regardless of any Start offset settings in the Project Setup dialog, activate Feet’n’Frames Count from Project Start in the Preferences dialog (Transport page).

Samples

Activates a display format of samples.

fps (User)

Activates a display format of hours, minutes, seconds, and frames, with a user-definable number of frames per second. To display subframes, activate Show Timecode Subframes in the Preferences dialog (Transport page). On the Transport page, you can also set the frame rate.