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<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?>

<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [

]>

<section id="editor-window-timeline">
	<title>Timeline</title>
	<para>
		At the top of the track display area is the timeline display. This consists
		of a number of rulers, a meter track, a tempo track and the marker display.
	</para>

	<para>
		The available rulers include:
	</para>

	<table id="tbl-rulers">
		<title>Ruler Types</title>
		<tgroup cols = "2">
			<colspec colnum="1" colname="Ruler Type" colwidth="1"/>
			<colspec colnum="2" colname="Description" colwidth= "2"/>
			<thead>
				<row>
					<entry>
						Ruler Type
					</entry>
					<entry>
						Description
					</entry>
				</row>
			</thead>
			<tbody>
				<row>
					<entry>
						Frames
					</entry>
					<entry>
						this ruler measures audio frames. The number of audio frames per second
						depends on the sample rate in use.
					</entry>
				</row>
				<row>
					<entry>
						SMPTE
					</entry>
					<entry>
						this ruler displays SMPTE timecode. The SMPTE format (25fps, 30fps, drop
						frame etc) is selected in the Options Editor option_editor.
					</entry>
				</row>
				<row>
					<entry>
						Min:Sec
					</entry>
					<entry>
						this ruler displays time in minutes+seconds, measured since the start of
						the session.
					</entry>
				</row>
				<row>
					<entry>
						BBT
					</entry>
					<entry>
						<para>
							(Bars,Beats,Ticks) this ruler displays positions based on the tempo
							map.
						</para>
					</entry>
				</row>
			</tbody>
		</tgroup>
	</table>

	<para>
		To show or hide one or more of the rulers, click on the area to the left of
		their names. A menu will popup that has a check item for each available
		ruler. Click on the name of the ruler to toggle its visibility.
	</para>

	<para>
		The tempo and meter tracks display the tempo map for the session. The tempo
		track contains 1 or more tempo change points, with a default tempo of 120
		beats per minute. The meter track contains 1 or more meter change points,
		with an initial default meter of 4/4.
	</para>

	<para>
		on a tempo/meter change point to edit it. Click in the tempo/meter track to
		add a new change point. Click and drag on a change point to move it. on a
		tempo/meter change point to remove it.
	</para>

	<para>
		There is more information on using the timeline in editing_basics.
	</para>
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