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Change Meter Examples
To change the meter over a range of bars:
Do one of the following:
1
• Drag with the Selector tool to select a range
of bars to change.
– or –
• To have the meter change apply until the
next meter event, click where you want the
meter change to begin with the Selector
tool. The meter change will be made at the
beginning of the nearest bar.
Choose Event > Time Operations > Change
2
Meter.
Specify a new meter and click setting.
3
Pro Tools will automatically set the selection op-
tions to fit the new meter to the selected range
as closely as possible, adding or subtracting
beats a necessary.
Select To Selected Range in the Apply Change
4
pop-up menu.
Select which rulers and tracks you want to re-
5
align after meter changes have been made.
Click Apply.
6
To add a series of meter changes, one measure at
a time:
Do one of the following:
1
• With the Selector tool, click where you
want the meter change to begin. The meter
change will be made at the beginning the
nearest bar.
– or –
• Enter the first measure number in the Start-
ing At Bar field.
Choose Event > Time Operations > Change
2
Meter.
Specify a new meter and click setting.
3
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Select Until the Next Bar from the Apply Change
4
To pop-up menu.
Click Apply to enter the new meter and to
5
move the insertion point to the end of the new
measure.
Specify a new meter and click setting for the
6
next measure.
Repeat steps 5–6 for every additional meter
7
change you want to insert.
Insert Time
Insert Time lets you insert an amount of blank
time (silence) into Conductor rulers, MIDI
tracks, and audio tracks.
Insert Time window
Options for the Insert Time command include:
Start, End, and Length Sets the start and end
points for the selection, and the selection
length.
Set Meter If your Main Time Scale is Bars|Beats,
Set Meter lets you specify a new meter for the in-
serted time. The selection is quantized to the
nearest bars, and the previous meter is inserted
after the selection. If your Main Time Scale is
sample-based, Set Meter is not available.

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