Chapter
5
Working in the Track View
This chapter introduces you to several ACID® features that increase your productivity, such as markers, regions, and
snapping options. You’ll also learn about the different ways to change a project’s tempo, key, and time signature. Finally,
you’ll learn several options for adjusting the project timeline.
Using project markers and regions
ACID markers and regions identify areas of your project and provide navigational cues for quickly finding those areas.
After you insert markers and regions, you may adjust their position along the project’s timeline and label them with
meaningful names for your reference.
Marker type Description
Marker (standard) Markers identify specific reference points in your project. Points that you
may want to identify are introductions, bridges, refrains, choruses, or
whatever you choose.
Time marker Time markers are fixed to the time ruler and mark absolute time in your
project. They are very useful when scoring video.
Command marker Command markers indicate when an instruction or function occurs in a
streaming media file.
Region Regions subdivide your project into time segments. Regions have in and out
points, which allow them to function as permanent time selections.
Working with standard markers
Markers are tools that can make creating music easier by identifying specific points along the project’s timeline. They can
be named, moved, and serve as snap and navigational points for the cursor and events. When you place markers, they are
automatically numbered (up to 99) in the order that you place them.
Placing markers
Markers are placed at the cursor position. You may place a marker in one of the following ways:
• From the Insert menu, choose Marker.
• Right-click the marker bar, choose Markers/Regions from the shortcut menu, and choose Insert Marker from the
submenu.
• Press M. You may use this method to place a marker while the project is playing.
Marker
Marker bar
Moving markers
1.
Place the mouse pointer on the marker to be moved. The hand cursor ( ) appears.
2.
Drag the marker to the desired position.
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