Displaying the Now time in large print

Cakewalk can display the Now time in large print so that it’s easier to see when you are far from your monitor (for example, when you’re at your keyboard or another instrument) or when several people need to read the Now time from a distance. Here’s how:

To display the Big Time view

1.	Choose Views > Big Time to display the Big Time view.

Figure 93. The Big Time view.

2.	Change the settings according to the table:

To do this	Do this
Switch time format	Click on the view to toggle between MBT and SMPTE time
Change font or color	Right-click on the view, choose the font and color you want, and click OK
Change the size of the view	Drag any corner of the view to change its size

Note that Cakewalk ignores font styles and effects such as strikeout and underline.

Other ways to set the Now time

There are a variety of commands and keyboard shortcuts you can use to set the Now time:

Shortcut	What it does
G	Lets you enter the Now time in the Position toolbar or in a dialog box
SHIFT+G	Sets the Now time to the From time (the start time of the current time selection)
CTRL+HOME	Sets the Now time to the beginning of the project
CTRL+END	Sets the Now time to the end of the project
CTRL+PAGE UP	Sets the Now time to the start of the current measure if the Now time is not on a barline, or to the start of the previous measure if the Now time is on a barline.
CTRL+PAGE DOWN	Sets the Now time to the start of the next measure

If your project has markers, you can use Markers module in the Control Bar to set the Now time:

To do this	Do this
Skip to the next marker	Click on the Markers module (or press CTRL+SHIFT+PAGE DOWN).
Skip to the previous marker	Click on the Markers module (or press CTRL+SHIFT+PAGE UP).
Jump to any marker	Click the drop-down menu on the Markers module and select the marker you want to jump to.

Figure 94. The Markers module.

A. Jump to previous marker B. Jump to next marker C. Insert marker D. Current marker

For more information about markers, see Creating and using markers.

 

See:

The Now time marker

The Track view Now Time display

Other ways to set the Now time