Operation Manual

Switching To Measures And Beats View
Click the eyeglasses above the track headers and to the left of the time line to switch to Beats mode. If it reads Time,
you can switch the time line to beat mode by clicking the eyeglasses. Click it again to switch it back to Time mode.
Playback Indicator
The playback indicator shows the current playback time or where playback will occur when you click Play on the
Master Bar. It is made up of a green arrow on the time line and a line in the Sound Workspace.
If you click in the Sound Workspace
it will set the playback indicator's
position and cause playback to
restart from that position. However,
you can configure the preferences to
not change the playback position
and playback indicator when click in
the Sound Workspace. Otherwise,
click the time line to set the playback
position and indicator.
Snap Setting
One convenient way to control the precision of copy, paste, looping, moving and other operations is to set the snap
level.
You can change the snap level on the time line or by clicking the View menu followed by
clicking Snap To Grid followed by clicking the desired snap setting.
The amount of audio that is skipped or snapped to depends on the current time signature and tempo. Here are the
possible snap settings:
• Off
• Measure (Bar)
• 1/2 note
• 1/4 note
• 1/8 note
• 1/16 note
• 1/32 note
• 1/64 note
• 1/4 triplet note
• 1/8 triplet note
• 1/16 triplet note
Tip: When making a loop, it is pretty convenient to get a sound's beats lined up by using the metronome Then set the
snap level to measure and select a measure or two of the sound. Finally, make it into a loop.