The Track view Now Time display

 

Note: By default, the Track view Now Time display is not visible in Music Creator. To show the display, right-click the blank area above the track strips and choose the desired time format on the pop-up menu.

The Track view displays the Now Time above the track strips in a large and configurable format.

Figure 34. The Track view Now time display

Click the display to display the following time formats:

M:B:T (Measure:Beat:Tick). Example: 8:01:000.

SMPTE (Hours:Minutes:Seconds:Frames). Example: 00:00:21:00.

Frames. Example: 629 (only available if project contains video).

Milliseconds (Hours:Minutes:Seconds:Milliseconds). Example: 00:00:21:000.

Samples. Example: 926100.

You can also right-click the display, and choose time formats from the pop-up menu.

The pop-up menu also lets you choose the following display options:

To hide the time display, choose None.

To show the time display, right-click the empty area and choose one of the available time formats from the pop-up menu.

The time display settings are global and persist between sessions.

Other ways to set the Now time

There are a variety of commands and keyboard shortcuts you can use to set the Now time:

Table 14.  

Shortcut	What it does
G	Lets you enter the Now time in the Position toolbar or in a dialog box
SHIFT+G	Sets the Now time to the From time (the start time of the current time selection)
CTRL+HOME	Sets the Now time to the beginning of the project
CTRL+END	Sets the Now time to the end of the project
CTRL+PAGE UP	Sets the Now time to the start of the current measure if the Now time is not on a barline, or to the start of the previous measure if the Now time is on a barline.
CTRL+PAGE DOWN	Sets the Now time to the start of the next measure