Cursor Information

The Cursor Information window displays the current location of the mouse cursor with respect to the horizontal and vertical axis in the edit windows. Values in this box are continually updated as the mouse cursor moves around the edit window, giving you immediate, numerical accuracy when inserting and manipulating data with the mouse.

Cursor Information window showing time of 1|2|373 and a Pitch of B2/59

Time

The pointer’s horizontal coordinate, Time, displays the time of the current cursor location. It is displayed in the time formats chosen in the Time Formats window – see Customizing the Cursor Coordinates Display below.

Value

The cursor’s vertical coordinate, Value, depends on its location, and in the Sequence Editor, the active layer. It will display MIDI note values when the cursor is over a MIDI note grid, controller values when over a continuous data grid, audio volume when over audio track volume automation, soundbite names when over soundbites, and so on.

Cursor Information windows showing value updating from Pitch to Modulation, Soundbite, and Volume as the mouse is moved.


Cursor Information window when Waveform Editor is the active windowm showing Time, File Name, Amplitude, and Waveform Amplitude.

Additional fields are shown in the Cursor Information window when the Waveform Editor is the active window. The File name and Waveform Amplitude will always be shown, as well as additional values based on the layer that is currently active in the Waveform Editor:


Use the Cursor Information section of the Time Formats window in the Setup menu to specify the time and pitch formats you wish to display.

Any combination of the available time formats can be enabled. For example, you may wish to see both measures and SMPTE frame time, or perhaps all four time formats at once.