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Chapter 38: Time, Tempo, Meter, Key, and Chords 867
4 Select a note value for the number of clicks to
sound in each measure. For a dotted-note click
value, select the dot (.) option.
5 Click OK to insert the new meter event. The
new meter event is inserted and appears in the
Meter ruler.
Each meter event has a small yellow triangle next
to it that indicates its location. These triangles can
be selected for copying and pasting, and they can
be double-clicked to edit the meter event.
Editing Meter Events
Existing meter events can be edited, deleted, cop-
ied, and pasted.
To edit a meter event:
1 In the Meter ruler, double-click the meter event.
2 In the Meter Change dialog, enter a new Loca-
tion or Meter for the event.
3 Click OK.
To delete a meter event:
 Option-click (Mac) or Alt-click (Windows) the
meter event.
To copy and paste several meter events:
1 If you want to constrain the selection to the cur-
rent Grid value, set the Edit mode to Grid.
2 Drag in the Meter ruler to select the range that
includes the meter events.
If the beginning of the selection includes a meter
event, press Command (Mac) or Control (Win-
dows) so the Selector tool appears.
3 Choose Edit > Copy.
4 Click in the Meter ruler at the point where you
want to paste the meter events.
5 Choose Edit > Paste. The contents of the Clip-
board are pasted from the insertion point, re-
placing any existing meter events.
To extend an Edit selection in a track to the Meter
ruler:
1 Using the Selector tool or any Grabber tool, se-
lect a track range.
2 Shift-click in the Meter ruler.
Shift-click again in the Meter ruler to remove it
from the selection.
To select all meter events:
 With the Selector tool, double-click in the Me-
ter ruler.
To clear a range of selected meter events:
1 If you want to constrain the selection to the cur-
rent Grid value, set the Edit mode to Grid.
2 Drag in the Meter ruler to select the meter
events you want to remove.
3 Choose Edit > Clear to delete the selected meter
events.
For some meters, it may be desirable to use a
dotted value for the click. For instance, if us-
ing a meter of 6/8, a dotted quarter note click
(yielding two clicks per measure) is generally
more suitable than a straight eighth note click
(six clicks per measure).
Inserted meter event
Press Option (Mac) or Alt (Windows) while
dragging to select across all Conductor tracks.