M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio - Manual (Page 713)

Chapter 33: Time, Tempo, Meter, Key, and Chords 695
To open the last active Time Operations window:
„
Choose Event > Time Operations > Time Opera-
tions Window .
Change Meter
Change Meter lets you specify complex meter
changes for Bar|Beat-based material. You can en-
ter meter changes at a particular bar, make a
meter change over a selected area of time, or add
meter changes sequentially one bar at a time.
Options for the Change Meter command include:
New Meter Lets you specify a new time signa-
ture. The first field lets you enter the number of
beats (up to 99) in a measure, and the second
field lets you enter the note length that counts
as one beat.
Click Lets you specify the note value that will
trigger the metronome click. For example, if an
eighth note is chosen, a click is played for every
eighth note, regardless of tempo.
Starting at Bar Sets the bar where the meter
change is added. Meter changes made in the
Change Meter page can only be made at the be-
ginning of a bar.
Apply Change To Lets you apply the meter
change to the selected range, to the end of the
session, or until the next bar.
Change The Change fields let you specify the
number of bars of the new meter that you want
to have replace the selected range.
Pro Tools automatically calculates the nearest
whole bar number, or you can specify a number
of bars to be affected. Time is inserted or deleted,
in whole bar increments, at the end of the selec-
tion, as necessary on all affected tracks when
you override the calculated range.
Realign
The Realign controls let you choose which items
to realign after a meter change has been made.
You can choose to realign meter events, or
choose to realign meter and tempo events, tick-
based markers and tracks, and also all or none of
the sample-based markers and tracks.
Meter Ruler Only Applies the meter change and
realigns only the Meter ruler. All other rulers
and tracks are unaffected.
Meter, Tempo, Key, and Chord Rulers, all Tick-
Based Markers and Tracks, and Sample-Based
Markers and Tracks
Applies the meter change
and realigns the Meter, Tempo, Key, and Chord
rulers, and all tick-based markers and tracks. Us-
ing the pop-up menu, you can also choose to re-
align All or No sample-based markers and tracks.
Time is inserted or deleted as needed at the end
of the selection to preserve the alignment of ma-
terial following the selection.
Press Alt+1 (Windows) or Option+1
(Mac) on the number keypad to open the
Time Operations window and display the
last active Time Operations window.
Change Meter window