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Chapter 4 Getting Started with Soundtrack 53

To set the playhead using the Time display:

m Select either the Time or Beats position in the Time display, then enter a new position.

You can select the entire position or part of the position.

Entering Time-Based Units

When you set the playhead by entering a Time-based position in the Time display, you

don’t need to enter all of the punctuation. Soundtrack automatically adds the correct

punctuation for the format of the Time display.

For example:

Â If you enter 01234321, and the Time ruler units are set to seconds, Soundtrack interprets

it as 01:23:43:21. This stands for 1 hour, 23 minutes, 43 seconds, and 21/100 of a second.

If you enter a partial number, Soundtrack formats it with the rightmost pair of numbers

as fractions of a second (or frames if a timecode format is selected), and with each

successive pair of numbers to the left as seconds, minutes, and hours. Numbers

omitted from a complete time position are interpreted as zeros. For best results, always

enter delimiters to separate each division of time.

For example:

Â If you enter 01.23, and the Time ruler units are set to seconds, Soundtrack interprets it

as 00:00:01.23. This stands for 1 second and 23/100 of a second.

Â If you enter 0.12.34, Soundtrack interprets it as 00:00:12.34. This stands for 12 seconds

and 34/100 of a second.

You can select only part of the position in the Time display and enter a new number for

that position. For example, you can select only seconds, or minutes and seconds. The

other categories keep their present values. You can enter a time position in timecode

format, in a way similar to the way you enter timecode in Final Cut Express.

Enter a time position

in the Time area.

Enter a beat position

in the Beats area.

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Apple Soundtrack User Manual Page 53