Rulers in Musical Recording

Most audio recording software includes some type of ruler. A ruler is a scale used for measuring the time either in seconds, beats, or some other scale.  In MIDI it is usually named "Bars/Beats" you will usually see "inch" marks for the bars (beat 1 of each measure) and fraction marks for beats. Almost always there will be counter, usually on the Transport that shows your exact position such where the cursor is in whichever time scale you have selected. While the ruler may only show you bars and beats depending on how far you have zoomed in, a  counter will typically show you down to the tick level. In Cubase, when the ruler is set to bars + beats, the counter shows the location as bar:beat:sixteenth:tick. A value of 02:02:01:60 signifies the cursor is in measure 2, beat 2, first 16th, 60 ticks in which for you music types is the 43rd , 32nd note into the piece. The number of beats and sixteenths will of course change with the meter, but the parts per quarter note will remain the same.