Instruction Manual

172 Controlling Playback
The Now Time and How to Use It
• 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
popup menu.
The popup 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 popup menu.
• To choose font, size,color, or resizing options, choose Font... from the
popup menu to open the Font dialog. Enabling the Automatically
Resize to Window option causes the display to automatically shrink
the display to fit the available space.
• To choose alignment options, choose Align-Left, Align-Center, or
Align-Left from the popup menu.
You can also configure the color from the Configure Colors dialog
(Options-Colors; "Track View Header Time Display"). The color is saved
with color presets.
The time display settings are global and persist between sessions.
Displaying the Now Time in Large Print
SONAR can display the Now time in large print so that it’s easier to see
when you are far from your monitor (for example, when you’re at your
keyboard or another instrument) or when several people need to read the
Now time from a distance. Here’s how:
To Display the Big Time View
1. Choose Views-Big Time to display the Big Time view.
2. Change the settings according to the table: