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Control Bar overview
• Go to End . Skip to the end of the project.
• Time Display. The time display section shows useful information about the current project,
including the Now time, sample rate and bit depth, tempo and meter. The following information is
shown:
• Current Now Time. The Now time shows your current location in the project. For details, see
“The Now time and how to use it” on page 172. Click the time display to toggle between the
following time formats:
• MBT. Display time as Measure:Beat:Tick.
• HMSF. Display time as Hour:Minute:Second:Frame. This format is also referred to as
SMPTE time.
• Milliseconds. Display time in milliseconds.
• Samples. Display time in samples.
• Dropout Indicator . Appears whenever your project requires more resources than your
CPU, main memory, and disk can supply. For details, see “Dropouts and other audio
problems” on page 1123.
• Audio Engine on/off . Enable/disable the audio engine. The Audio Engine button lights
up if the audio engine stops running. To restart the audio engine, click the Audio Engine
button.
• Reset / Panic (Reset MIDI and Audio) . Reset any stuck MIDI notes. The Reset button
flashes if a MIDI note is stuck.
• Sample Rate / Bit Depth. The project’s sample rate and recording bit depth.
• Current Tempo. The current tempo at the Now time. Double-click to change the current
tempo.
• Current Meter. The number of beats per measure and the note value of each beat at the
current Now time. Click to change the meter. For details, see “Setting the Meter and Key
signatures” on page 248.
The Time Display section also shows the following information:
• Horizontal progress bar when SONAR is performing certain operations.
• “Waiting for Sync” message when synchronizing SONAR to an external clock source. When
synchronized to an external clock source, the Time Display shows both the current Now time
and the SMPTE source time.