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The Ruler scales the session along time, allows navigating, and + can be marked for different uses. +
- The Ruler scales the session along time, allows navigating, and can be marked for different uses. The main use of the Ruler is to move the playhead : clicking anywhere on the timeline will bring the playhead at this location in time. + 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 (⇑/⇓ ).
-- It is made of a succession of rows, each having a special role related to time.From top to bottom, those rows are : + 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 right clicking + anywhere in the ruler's header on the left, and ticking any of:
-Mins:Secs | scaling the session with the Mins:Secs:mSec notation |
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Timecode | scaling the session with the Hours:Mins:Secs:Frames notation |
Samples | scaling the session with the sample number notation |
Bars:Beats | slicing the time according to the time signature of the Meter |
Meter | shows the time signature. It can be changed along the timeline, by Right click > New Meter. The Bars:Beats ruler will reflect the change. |
Tempo | shows the BPM. It can be changed along the timeline, by Right click > New Tempo. The Bars:Beats ruler will reflect the change. |
Range Markers | allow to create and modify ranges directly on the Ruler. |
Loop/Punch Ranges | 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. |
CD Markers | are markers designed to be used while creating a recording that has to be split in time, as an audio CD |
Location Markers | is meant to receive any kind of marker, user generated or from Ardour itself. |
Video Timeline | shows thumbnails of the video in the timeline |
Most of the operations on the markers are described in Working with Markers, while the Meter, Tempo, Bars:Beats and Timecode use are described in Tempo and Meter.
++ Most of the operations on the markers are described in Working with Markers, while the Meter, + Tempo, Bars:Beats and Timecode use are described in Tempo and Meter. +