7.2.3. Setting up the Timeline
At the top of the main Ardour window, to the right of the transport's toolbar, are two relatively large clocks. Right-click the clocks to choose what you want them to display:
displays the number of bars and beats
displays the time since beginning of track
displays frames-per-second timecode (usually for work with films)
displays the samples since start
If you do not need both clocks, you can turn one of them off.
The menu is located between the timeline and the clocks. This menu controls where regions may move. You need to change these as you work with a session, depending on the current activity. The left menu contains:
: regions can move freely
: regions must start on the nearest grid point
regions can move freely, but when they are near a grid point, they automatically snap to it
The middle menu controls where to place the grid lines; by timecode, by clock time, by beats and bars, or by regions.
The timeline (which contains many rulers showing different time-marking scales) is located at the top of the canvas area, underneath the toolbars. Use the right-click menu to select which rulers you want to display. The rulers you should choose depends on the clock settings and the snap mode.
