Apple Soundtrack - Manual (Page 53)

Chapter 4 Getting Started with Soundtrack 53
To set the playhead using the Time display:
m Select either the Time or Beats position in the Time display, then enter a new position.
You can select the entire position or part of the position.
Entering Time-Based Units
When you set the playhead by entering a Time-based position in the Time display, you
don’t need to enter all of the punctuation. Soundtrack automatically adds the correct
punctuation for the format of the Time display.
For example:
 If you enter 01234321, and the Time ruler units are set to seconds, Soundtrack interprets
it as 01:23:43:21. This stands for 1 hour, 23 minutes, 43 seconds, and 21/100 of a second.
If you enter a partial number, Soundtrack formats it with the rightmost pair of numbers
as fractions of a second (or frames if a timecode format is selected), and with each
successive pair of numbers to the left as seconds, minutes, and hours. Numbers
omitted from a complete time position are interpreted as zeros. For best results, always
enter delimiters to separate each division of time.
For example:
 If you enter 01.23, and the Time ruler units are set to seconds, Soundtrack interprets it
as 00:00:01.23. This stands for 1 second and 23/100 of a second.
 If you enter 0.12.34, Soundtrack interprets it as 00:00:12.34. This stands for 12 seconds
and 34/100 of a second.
You can select only part of the position in the Time display and enter a new number for
that position. For example, you can select only seconds, or minutes and seconds. The
other categories keep their present values. You can enter a time position in timecode
format, in a way similar to the way you enter timecode in Final Cut Express.
Enter a time position
in the Time area.
Enter a beat position
in the Beats area.