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+ BBT markers allow resetting the timeline to a particular bar and + beat. Most of the time a BBT marker will reset it to 1|1|0 (the very first + beat of the very first bar) so that for each song in a multi-song session + there would be a musical time origin. However it's entirely possible to reset + to an arbitrary value such as 7|3|0. +

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+ To create a new BBT marker, -click on the + Bars:Beats ruler. This will open a dialog titled 'New Music Time' where you + can name the marker and define what bar (left field) and beat (right field) + this marker should reset the time to. +

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+ New Music Time dialog +
New Music Time dialog
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+ The timeline grid and the ruler will be updated accordingly: +

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+ The BBT marker resets the musical time +
The BBT marker resets the musical time
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