I'm not sure what this little area/strip is called, but in Garageband, I could get it to display the time. I can't seem to do it in Logic Pro X. Maybe there's no way to do it?
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10), MacBookPro11,1
In the Main Menu under Record, uncheck the "Use Musical Grid" option
Another way is to show the secondary Ruler (in the Local Menu ➤ View ➤ Secondary Ruler). If the Primary Ruler shows bars|beats, then the Secondary Ruler will show min:sec and vice versa.
Hope that helps
Edgar Rothermich - LogicProGEM.com
(Author of the "Graphically Enhanced Manuals")
http://DingDingMusic.com/Manuals/
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This is SMPTE format that starts with the hour (hh:mm:ss:ff). The convention (from film production) is that a Project starts at 1 hour (01:00:00:00). Any new Project in Logic is set that bar 1.0.0 refers to 1hh0mm0ss0ff and that is what you see in the Ruler. The 1 means "hour 1".
The reason/history behind that convention is interesting: You started a Project at 1h to avoid problems when synchronizing reel-based matching (audio and film) and the hour number sis usually used to mark the individual film reel (now with disk-based system not a problem anymore. A movie is usually broken down into 20 minutes segments (Reel 1, Reel 2, Reel 3, etc) and the hour in the SMPTE timecode is used to indicate what reel a specific video was. This convention is still used.
To get rid of that, just go to the Project Settings ➤ Synchronization ➤ General and set the field "plays at SMPTE" from 1:0:0:0 to 0:0:0:0. This way the hour value is zero and will not be displayed in the Ruler, leaving you with the format mm:ss
Hope that helps
Edgar Rothermich - LogicProGEM.com
(Author of the "Graphically Enhanced Manuals")
http://DingDingMusic.com/Manuals/
'I may receive some form of compensation, financial or otherwise, from my recommendation or link.'
Awesome, that worked. Also, any idea what the number 1 is doing in front of the time? In Garageband it wouldn't be there, which, in my opinion, makes it easier to read. Here, it kind of looks like 1 hour, 0 minutes, 30 seconds.
You need to enable Advanced Controls.
http://help.apple.com/logicpro/mac/10.2.3/#/lgcp5cbf192f
Ok, I did that. I still can't figure out how to change that bar to show the time. I searched around for a good 5 minutes. What do I do after enabling advanced tools?
I believe that the "1" signifies Bar 1 at the beginning of a project.
How to display time?
