Partial Measures

As necessary, Pro Tools will create a partial measure to accommodate the inserted meter event. When a meter event is preceded by a partial measure, the meter event is displayed in italics in the Meter ruler.

 

Partial measure of 4/4

Partial measures can also occur when pasting meter events to locations other than the first beat of a measure.

To insert meter events while avoiding partial bars, use the Change Meter command in the Time Operations window. See Change Meter.