Time Display

Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl + Shift + Z

There is a separate time display window so that you can easily read the current position and other information even from a greater distance from the screen. The time display is opened in the docker with three display fields, one for position, one for range length and one for the range end.

Using the context menu of a field (right mouse button) you can add more fields (Insert field...), remove existing fields (Remove field) or select the time position to be displayed in the field (Current field...).

Font…:

This is the font type for the display

Units of Measurement:

Unit of measurement for the display: Choose from Samples, Milliseconds, Hour/Min/Sec, SMPTE (Project Frame Rate), SMPTE (Individual Frame Rate), SMPTE/Milliseconds, Bars, CD MSF, Feet & Frames 16 mm (40 fpf), Feet & Frames 35 mm (16 fpf).

If you have multiple time display windows open, by default they all use the same unit of measurement. Activate the Independent time format option in the corresponding window to use a different unit of measurement there.

By double-clicking on the numerical value, you can edit most values directly in the time display.

Current field…:

  • Background color: Lets you change the background color for the time display.

  • Standard color: Here you can reset the default color for the time display.

  • Position/Start of range: Displays the current position/current playback marker or the beginning of the range. When moving the objects you can see the starting position of the object here. By entering + and - in front of the number, you change the position relative by the entered value.

  • Range length: Specify the range length here. When entering a new range length, the range start is retained. If you enter the new range length as a negative number, the range start will be moved instead, the range end will remain.

  • Range end: Display of the range end.

  • Object: Display start position, end position, length or file offset of the last clicked object.

  • Cue time: Here you can set the current play time as well as the current remaining play time of your cues.

 
  • CD position: The current position of the playback marker is displayed in relation to existing CD track markers:
    • Position from CD start
    • Position until CD end
    • Position from the current CD track
    • Position until CD track end
    • Current CD track number

  • Mouse position: This value represents the current mouse position and cannot be edited.

  • Mixer value: Displays the value of a currently edited control in the mixer or the volume and pan controls in the track header, and cannot be edited.

  • Recording position: This value displays the current recording position.

  • Recording take: Name of the currently recorded take.

  • Recording length (take): This value represents the length of the currently recorded take.

  • Recording length (project): This value represents the length of the current recording in the project.

  • Remaining recording time: This value indicates how long recording can continue until the hard disk is full.

  • Sync timecode input: This value displays the timecode coming in via the SMPTE audio input.

  • Total length: This value shoes the total length pf the project.

  • External length: This value shows the external length. This is the total length of the project minus the selected area.

  • Marker: you can display the name of the current marker, lyric marker or CD track

Move field forward / Move field back

This function can be used to change the order of the fields.

New time display:

This opens a new time display in a separate window. This may be necessary if too many fields in the window can no longer be displayed appropriately.