Reference Guide

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Glossary
Tempo
The speed at which the project or selection of music is played at. Measured in rhythmic beats per
minute.
See “Metronome” on page 1810.
Thru time
Time up to which the music is to be played back or recorded. Set it in the Control Bar’s Select
module.
Ticks
Subdivisions of quarter notes. MIDI projects often use a resolution of 480 parts per quarter note
(“PPQ” on page 1812); each part is also called a tick.
Time
In Cakewalk, Now time, from time, or thru time. When an event takes place in the music.
Time offset
Adjustment of all track events by a specified amount of time.
See “Adjusting the time alignment of a MIDI track (Time+)” on page 223.
Time ruler
Bar showing evenly-spaced intervals. It appears in the Track, Staff, and Piano Roll views. You can
use the Time Ruler to change the Now Time, make a time selection, and insert markers. For more
about the Time Ruler, see “The Time ruler” on page 179.
Timebase
Same as “PPQ” on page 1812. Timing resolution, measured in pulses (ticks) per quarter note.
Determines how finely you can specify notes.
See “Setting the MIDI timing resolution” on page 254.
TPQ
Same as timebase or PPQ. Short for Ticks Per Quarter note.
Track
Cakewalk's representation of one or more lines of music with shared properties, for example, music
played by one instrument.
Transients
Peaks of loudness in an audio clip. Used to determine where the beats lie in audio clips.
Vector
The graph of the change of a parameter’s value. In audio programs, some parameters can be
changed by drawing vectors; means the same as drawing “Envelopes” on page 1807.