Instruction Manual

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Snap to Grid dialog
Dialog Reference
• Slip-editing
The snap grid in each view is independent. For example, you can enable
the snap grid in the Track view without enabling it in the Piano Roll view, or
Staff view. You can also enable the grid in several different views, with
different grid intervals in each one. In the Track view, the Snap to Grid
dialog has separate tabs for the Clips pane and the Inline Piano Roll view.
You can select multiple resolution units. For example, you can enable the
Musical Time check box and select a unit of musical time, and at the same
time enable the Absolute Time check box, and select a unit of absolute
time. When you have multiple check boxes enabled, events snap to the first
resolution unit that they find.
In the Track view, this dialog is non-modal, meaning that you can keep it
open while you edit.
Clips Tab or PRV Mode Tab
These two tabs only appear if you open the Snap to Grid dialog in the Track
view. Use the appropriate tab to set Snap to Grid options for either the Clips
pane or the Inline Piano Roll view, respectively. The two tabs are
independent of each other.
Musical Time
The Musical Time option sets the Snap to Grid dialog to a note duration. If
the Mode is set to Move To, all commands that use the Snap to Grid
resolution snap to the nearest selected duration.
In addition to choosing a standard note duration for the snap interval, you
can also enter a number of clock ticks. For example, at the default timebase
of 960 ticks per quarter note, a sixteenth note snap interval represents 240
ticks. If you change the timebase, the grid interval is updated automatically.
In the preceding example, if you update the timebase to 480 PPQ, the snap
interval becomes 120.
If the Mode is set to Move By, you move all events in time by the selected
duration.
This option also applies to the Now Time and time selections in the Time
Ruler.
Absolute Time
The Absolute Time option sets the Snap to Grid to an exact number of
frames, seconds or samples. Use the second field to choose the units, and
the first field to choose the number of units.