The Now time marker

In the Track view, the Now time appears as a solid vertical line that follows playback. When you set the Now time in the Track view, the Now time marker appears in the Time Ruler. This marker represents the point at which the Now time will snap back to after you stop playback or recording. The Now time marker is always stationary and does not move along with the vertical play head.

Figure 50. The Now Time marker.

You can drag the Now Time marker during playback. When the mouse button is released, the transport immediately jumps to the new location.

Note: You can only drag the Now Time marker during playback, not while recording.

The Now Time marker changes appearance to indicate if playback is stopped, paused, running, or recording.

Figure 51. The Now Time marker indicates the playback state.

A. Stopped B. Paused C. Playback D. Recording

You can change the Now time marker behavior so that the marker moves to the current Now time when playback or recording is stopped (on the Track view Options menu, clear the On Stop, Rewind to Now Marker option or press CTRL+W).

 

Note: If the various editing views do not scroll during playback, and the Now Time Marker disappears off-screen, make sure the SCROLL LOCK key on your computer keyboard is not enabled.

To change the Now time marker behavior

On the Track view Options menu, clear the On Stop, Rewind to Now Marker option to have the Now time marker move to follow the current Now time when you stop playback.

Or

On the Track view Options menu, select the On Stop, Rewind to Now Marker option to have the Now time snap back to the Now time marker when you stop playback.

 

See:

The Track view Now Time display

Displaying the Now time in large print

Other ways to set the Now time