Markers

You can use markers to indicate places of special importance in your project, for example, in a song arrangement, the beginning of each song part, such as intro, verse, or chorus. Markers can be set by menu command or keystroke and then jumped to directly. A project in Music Studio can contain any number of markers.

In addition to these markers, which are displayed on special tracks, there are other markers for marking time positions in projects or objects: Audio markers, markers for CD functions and metadata, tempo markers, bar markers, grid position markers. These are shown above the grid bar and discussed elsewhere:

  • Markers for CD functions are used to mark CD track positions when a project is prepared to be burned to CD, but also to save metadata for export to compressed formats such as MP3.

  • Tempo markers, Beat markers and Grid position markers are markers for controlling tempo changes in the project.

  • Warp Marker are set in objects and used for time correction of audio events in audio material.

  • Lyrics markers enable you to enter song text, comments or production directions.

Setting Markers

Markers can be set both in stop state and during playback or recording. They are placed at the current position of the play cursor. All marker commands can be found in the Play/Rec > Marker menu. You can also access the menu by right-clicking on the marker track or using the menu at the marker track head.

Marker command

Keyboard shortcut

Set markers with number 1...0: For fast saving of markers use the number keys with held Shift key.

Shift + 1…0

Set marker with next higher number: This command sets a new marker with the next higher number.

Shift + '

Set marker with any name: With this menu command, the marker can be named arbitrarily when it is set.

?

Set new markers at recording position: This option (active by default) determines whether markers set during recording are set at the current recording position or, if not active, at the playback marker position instead. It is only relevant in the recording mode Playback & editing independent of recording, because in standard recording the play cursor and recording position are the same.

Alt + ?

Get marker: Clicking on a marker moves the play cursor to the corresponding marker position. The marker positions 1...0 can be jumped to directly from the keyboard using the number keys.

1…0

Tip: With Alt + F-Keys you can also save and restore ranges with the keyboard, for more information see Saving and restoring ranges

Renaming or Deleting Markers

To rename a marker, double-click a marker and change the name in the dialog.

To delete markers, place the playback marker at the marker position by clicking the marker at the leading edge or run Get Marker. Then press the Del key to delete. In the marker menu there are also commands to delete all markers in the selected range (Delete markers in range) or to delete all markers (Delete all markers).

Moving Markers

To move a marker, click and drag it to the desired position. To lock the markers against accidental moving, click the Lock markers button in front of the marker bar.

Other Actions with Markers

To select a range between two markers, first click on the first marker and, holding down the Shift key, click on the second marker or double-click in a free area in the marker track between the two markers.

Note: For range markers, the range is selected between the range marker start positions.

Marker on range borders: Use this function to place a start maker S and an end marker E at the borders of a selected range.

Use the function keys F2 and F3 or the shortcuts Alt + W/Alt + Q to quickly jump back and forth between the marker positions or select Menu Play/Rec > Move Play Cursor > Marker left/right.

Marker Manager

The marker manager lists all of the markers contained in the current project and makes it possible to jump directly from the list to them or to play them. To display the Marker Manager, right click the track head of the marker tracks or select from the Marker menu or View > Manager menu Marker Manager… or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + Alt + M.

Detailed information about this is can be found in the chapter Manager > Marker Manager.