</figure>
-<p> The <dfn>Ruler</dfn> scales the session along time, allows navigating, and
+<p>
+ The <dfn>ruler</dfn> scales the session along time, allows navigating, and
can be marked for different uses.
</p>
<p>
- One of its main uses is to move the playhead:
- clicking anywhere on the timeline will bring the playhead at this location in
- time. Also, using the mouse's scrollwheel while hovering the Ruler will zoom in
- or out (<kbd class="mouse">⇑</kbd>/<kbd class="mouse">⇓</kbd> ).
+ One of its main uses is to move the playhead: clicking anywhere on the
+ timeline will bring the playhead at this location in time. Also, using the
+ mouse's scrollwheel while hovering the ruler will zoom in or out
+ (<kbd class="mouse">⇑</kbd>/<kbd class="mouse">⇓</kbd> ).
</p>
<p>
- The Ruler is made of a succession of rows, each having a special role related to
- time. Adding or removing rows can be done by <kbd class="mouse">right</kbd> clicking
- anywhere in the ruler's header on the left, and ticking any of:
+ The ruler is made of a succession of rows, each having a special role related
+ to time. Adding or removing rows can be done by <kbd class="mouse">right</kbd>
+ clicking anywhere in the ruler's header on the left, and ticking any of:
</p>
<table class="dl">
<tr>
- <th><dfn>Mins:Secs</dfn></th>
+ <th><dfn>Mins:Sec</dfn></th>
<td>scaling the session with the Mins:Secs:mSec notation</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>scaling the session with the sample number notation</td>
</tr>
<tr>
- <th><dfn>Bars:Beats</dfn></th>
+ <th><dfn>Bars & Beats</dfn></th>
<td>slicing the time according to the time signature</td>
</tr>
<tr>
The Bars:Beats ruler will reflect the change.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
- <th><dfn>Range Markers</dfn></th>
+ <th><dfn>Ranges</dfn></th>
<td>allow to create and modify ranges directly on the Ruler.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
- <th><dfn>Loop/Punch Ranges</dfn></th>
+ <th><dfn>Loop/Punch</dfn></th>
<td>are special kind of ranges designed to be played as a loop and to do
punch recording, i.e. recording on a precise section of time, respectively.</td>
</tr>
<th><dfn>CD Markers</dfn></th>
<td>are markers designed to be used while creating a recording that has
to be split in time, as an audio CD</td>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <th><dfn>Location Markers</dfn></th>
- <td>is meant to receive any kind of marker, user generated or from Ardour
- itself.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th><dfn>Cue markers</dfn></th>
<td>allows triggering entire cues from the grid in the <em>Cue</em>window</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <th><dfn>Markers</dfn></th>
+ <td>is meant to receive any kind of marker, user generated or from Ardour
+ itself.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
- <th><dfn>Video Timeline</dfn></th>
+ <th><dfn>Video</dfn></th>
<td>shows thumbnails of the <a href="@@video-timeline-and-monitoring">video</a>
in the timeline</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>
- Most of the operations on the markers are described in <a
- href="@@working-with-markers">Working with Markers</a>, while the Time Signature,
- Tempo, Bars:Beats and Timecode use are described in <a
- href="@@tempo-and-meter">Tempo and Time Signature</a>.
+ Most rulers allow placing markers to serve a specific purpose: mark a point in
+ time, define a loop range, or something else entirely.
</p>
+<p>
+ Most of the operations on the markers are described in <a
+ href="@@working-with-markers">Working with Markers</a>, additional information
+ on Time Signature, Tempo, Bars:Beats, and Timecode is available in the
+ <a href="@@tempo-and-meter">Tempo and Time Signature</a> chapter.
+</p>