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Grid

The Grid is where you arrange a production: a video timeline and an audio timeline side by side, with tracks stacked top to bottom and time running left to right. Everything you do here is shared live with everyone in your Space.

The bar across the top of the Grid holds the transport and the global controls:

ControlWhat it does
Snap modeSmart, Bar, Beat, Division, Ticks, Frames, Samples — how edits snap to the grid. Use Frames when cutting video.
Go to start, Back, Forward, Stop, Play, RecordTransport. Space toggles play, R toggles record.
Record AutomationArm automation recording — see Automation.
CycleLoop the range set in the range strip.
Count-in, MetronomeClick settings; the number of count-in bars lives in Settings → Grid.
MTC, MCMIDI timecode and MIDI clock output.
Catch-upWhen on, the Grid scrolls to follow the playhead.
Show / Hide Keyboard (K)The on-screen keyboard — see Keyboard & MIDI devices.
Horizontal zoom, Vertical zoomSliders; zooming all the way out fits bar 1 to the end marker.
Save project, Send link to this projectSave, or copy a link that opens this project at the current position.
Toggle video monitorOpens the video monitor.
Open browserThe side panel described below.

The displays show tempo, time signature, musical key and the playhead position.

Under the transport you set the Cycle range and the Punch range (In / Out). With Enable auto punch on, recording only happens between the punch points.

A draggable marker sets where the project ends. Drag it along the ruler; it snaps to the grid and the Grid scrolls when you reach the edge. Zoom-out and bounces use it as the project length.

Open browser slides in a side panel with three lists: Video Assets (drop a file here to import, or drag an item onto a video track), Motion (compositions baked in the Motion editor) and Audio Files.

There is one undo history for the whole project — Cmd/Ctrl+Z works the same in the Grid, the MIDI editor, the wave editor and the mixer, and your peers’ edits appear as they happen. See Keyboard shortcuts for the full list.

This section is being expanded.