Inserting Meter Events

To insert a meter event:

1 Do one of the following:

Choose Event > Time Operations > Change Meter.

Click the Add Meter Change button at the right of the Meter ruler.

 

Add Meter Change button

With the Grabber, Start-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac) at the location where you want to insert the event.

 

Manually inserting a meter event

Double click the meter display in the Transport window.

 

Current meter displayed in Transport window

2 In the Meter Change window, do the following:

Enter the Location and Meter for the meter change.

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If you want the inserted meter event to fall cleanly on the first beat of the nearest measure, select the Snap To Bar option.

 

Meter Change window

3 Select a note value for the number of clicks to sound in each measure. For a dotted-note click value, select the dot (.) option.

For some meters, it may be desirable to use a dotted value for the click. For instance, if using a meter of 6/8, a dotted quarter note click (yielding two clicks per measure) is generally more suitable than a straight eighth note click (six clicks per measure).

4 Click OK to insert the new meter event. The new meter event is inserted and appears in the Meter ruler.

 

Inserted meter event

Each meter event has a small yellow triangle next to it that indicates its location. These triangles can be selected for copying and pasting, and they can be double-clicked to edit the meter event.