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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:
Timecode | scaling the session whith the traditionnal Hours:Mins:Secs:Frames notation |
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Bars:Beats | slicing the time according to the time signature ot 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. |
Mins:Secs | +scaling the session with the Mins:Secs:mSec notation | +
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 | +
Time Signature | +shows the time signature. It can be changed along the timeline, by + Right-click > + New Time Signature. 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. | +
Cue markers | +allows triggering entire cues from the grid in the Cuewindow | +
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 Time Signature, + Tempo, Bars:Beats and Timecode use are described in Tempo and Time Signature.
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