Reference Guide

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The Now time and how to use it
Controlling Playback
To change the Now time marker behavior
1. Select Options > Global from the SONAR menu.
The Global Options dialog appears.
2. Click the General tab.
3. Uncheck the On Stop, Rewind to Now Marker option to have the Now time marker move to
follow the current Now time when you stop playback.
Or
Check the On Stop, Rewind to Now Marker option to have the Now time snap back to the Now
time marker when you stop playback.
4. Click OK.
The Track view Now time display
The Track view displays the Now Time above the track strips in a large and configurable format.
Figure 18. The Track view Now time display
Click the display to display the following time formats:
• M:B:T (Measure:Beat:Tick). Example: 8:01:000.
• SMPTE (Hours:Minutes:Seconds:Frames). Example: 00:00:21:00.
• Frames. Example: 629 (only available if project contains video).
• 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 pop-up menu.
The pop-up 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