Shortcut to toggle counter view

[the hecksome]

Hello,
Did some googling on this, but can't find anything. Is there a keyboard shortcut to toggle between the different modes of the counter/transport? i.e. I want to switch back and forth between mins and secs to bars and beats quickly.

Thanks!

[cwsand]

Not that I know of but there may be some way of doing it.

[arneal]

Hi,
I might be in the minority on this, but my preference is not to use the big counter. On the Edit window counter, the main format is min. & sec. and for the sub counter, I use bars & beats - that way they are both visible always. But I don't know of a keyboard shortcut to toggle either.

[the hecksome]

Originally Posted by arneal

Hi,
I might be in the minority on this, but my preference is not to use the big counter. On the Edit window counter, the main format is min. & sec. and for the sub counter, I use bars & beats - that way they are both visible always. But I don't know of a keyboard shortcut to toggle either.

I actually use the main and sub as well. The reason I'd like to be able to toggle back and forth is so I can see the length of a highlighted region in bars and beats and then in minutes and seconds quickly. I get an estimate of the minutes and seconds by visually using the ruler and doing the math, but I like the exact count when you have minutes and seconds for those occasions.

Actually, I just discovered the "extended transport" from right clicking on the transport window in the edit. That's awesome, because now I can see the pre roll without the transport window being open. Now I have the start, end, and length displayed twice. I wonder if I can change the view on one of them...

And after poking around a bit more, it seems like just clicking the bars/beats or min secs ruler in the edit window is a one click way to accomplish what I want.

[arneal]

Thanks Hecksome! That's new info for me!

[the hecksome]

Glad to help!

[jschmidtiii]

Just jumping on the bandwagon at this point, but it really would be nice to have that shortcut. The world won't end without it, but it would be convenient.

[Ryan Young]

Use something like FastScripts to fire off these scripts. You can assign any key combination or button push to trigger these.

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You could also add a shortcut in your keyboard settings in System Preferences.