Chapter 20. Conductor Tracks And Memory Locations; Song Start Marker - DigiDesign Pro Tools Reference Manual

Chapter 20: Conductor Tracks and
Memory Locations
In Pro Tools, tempo and meter changes reside in
Conductor tracks. Tempo and meter events af-
fect the timing of tick-based tracks, and also pro-
vide the tempo and meter map for the Bar|Beat
grid. You can edit tempo events in the Tempo
ruler or Tempo Editor, and meter events in the
Meter ruler. Memory locations provide a power-
ful way to navigate your session while editing
and arranging.

Song Start Marker

The Song Start Marker defines the initial tempo
for Bar|Beat-based material. New sessions open
with a default tempo of 120 BPM.
Song Start Marker
The Song Start Marker can be moved, but not
deleted.
The position of the Song Start Marker can
be changed in the Time Operations win-
dow. For more information, see "Move Song
Start" on page 427.
To move the Song Start Marker by dragging:
In the Tempo ruler, drag the Song Start Marker
■
left or right.
Dragging the Song Start Marker
If the Edit mode is set to Grid, the Song Start
Marker moves in increments of the current Grid
value.
To move the Song Start Marker only, with-
out moving the tick-based data, press
Start+Shift (Windows) or Control+Shift
(Mac) while dragging. When dragging the
Song Start Marker only, dragging is con-
strained to whole bar increments only.
To edit the initial tempo in the Song Start Marker:
In the Tempo ruler, double-click the Song Start
1
Marker.
In the Change Tempo dialog, enter a new BPM
2
value.
Click OK.
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