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4.3

The Toolbar display at the middle of the Toolbar gives a summary of current playback

conditions . For more information about playback status, Notion provides a more detailed

Heads-Up Display (HUD) . You decide when you want the display to appear .

An example of the Notion Heads-Up Display (HUD).

A Rehearsal mark – If the score has rehearsal marks, the top center area identifies the mark that pertains to the current

measure where the playback marker is . You can click on this text for a menu of all the rehearsal marks in the score:

click one to jump to a particular place in the score .

B Meter status – Displays a ratio in small numbers: the current beat in the measure on the left followed by the total

meter count for the whole measure on the right . If the playback marker is currently on an off-beat, you will see an

asterisk after the number on the left .

C Playback Tempo - Tempo user is performing .

D Notated Tempo – Notated tempo of the piece .

E Vamp Information – Display the number of bars in the vamp .

F Measure Number – Shows the measure number your cursor is in .

G Time Code – Total time into the score, measured in hours:minutes:seconds:frames (based on 30 frames per second) .

Hide or Show the HUD

To hide or show this display on a regular basis:

1 . Go to the Menu bar and select Windows:

File > Preferences

; Mac:

Notion > Preferences

.

» A preferences dialog box opens .

2 . Ensure you are in the General Tab .
3 . At the Performance HUD drop-down list select:

>

In performance – play or perform in NTempo mode only . This is the default .

>

In playback – play or perform in both Edit mode and NTempo mode .

>

Never – Never show the HUD .

4 . To save your change: Windows: click

OK

; Mac: close the dialog box .

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