Reference Guide

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Snap to Grid dialog
Whole, a mouse click in the Time Ruler automatically “snaps” the Now Time to the nearest whole
measure.
The following actions can be affected by the Snap to Grid dialog:
• Selecting the Now Time
• Making a time selection in the Time Ruler
• Dragging and dropping a clip
• Selecting partial clips
• 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.
Landmarks
In this section, you can choose the following kinds of data to snap to:
• Events. An event is any MIDI or audio data.
• Clips. This option sets the Snap to Grid to clip boundaries.