Apple Logic Express 7 - Manual (Page 76)

76 Chapter 2 Transport
SMPTE View Offset
This menu option launches the Song Settings > Synchronization > General tab, allowing
you to define the Bar Position and/or SMPTE time for both the actual song position and
the SMPTE view offset.
Position Display
The current song position is shown in two formats:
Above: SMPTE time
Hours: Minutes: Seconds: Frames/Subframes.
Below: bar position
Bar—Beat—Division—Ticks.
A beat corresponds to the denominator in the time signature, a division is a freely-
definable part of a beat. A tick is the smallest possible bar sub-division or system
quantization—of just 1/3840 note.
Locators
You can define two sets of locator points: one for the Cycle (see “Cycle Mode” on
page 84), and the other for the Autodrop (see “Autodrop” on page 88) zone. The left-
hand side locators on the Transport window define the Cycle—a passage that is
constantly repeated.
The locators shown at the bottom/to the right on the Transport window define the
Autodrop range (see Autodrop)
Note: Both sets of locators are only displayed when the Cycle and Autodrop functions
(buttons on the Transport) are switched on.
Note: Any mention of the “left or right locators” refers to the Cycle locators, rather than
the Autodrop locators. The top value denotes the left locator position, and the bottom
one, the right locator position.
Adjusting Locators to Fit Selected Regions
Set Locators by Regionsmatches the locator positions with the start and end points of
one (or more) selected Region(s). The Set Rounded Locators by Regions key command
rounds the locator positions to whole bars.