I was wondering if it is at all possible to have the ruler bar delineate 4 bar chunks by alternate shading or something similar. It would help a lot visually to quickly cut and move 4 and 8 bar chunks.
In case this doesn’t make sense, the ruler bar would be shaded light grey for bars 1-4, then dark grey for bars 5-8, then light again for 9-13, etc.
I am afraid this is not possible with the ruler. What you can do: create a ghost MIDI track and create two empty 4-bar parts. Colour them in these different shades of grey and dublicate them. If you set the track height to one unit and place it under the ruler you have a visual orientation along 4 bar units. Save the track in a template or save it in a project and import the track if needed. You could work with track versions and set up 8-bar unis, 16-bar units and so on. This way you could swap the units without any further hassle.
Not possible I’m afraid. I would consider using markers for something like this.
Thank you both!