# Time marker
The thick line that you can see on the grid is the time marker. You can move the time marker around by clicking somewhere else on the editor.
It represents the currently active point of time (in the song).
If you select some notes, time marker will automatically get placed at the beginning of the first note.
## Time marker color
The color of the time marker can change. During normal edit it is black and can be moved around. Any other color means that the time marker is being automatically controlled.
{% hint style="info" %}
You can quit any of the modes below and restore the time marker to normal just by clicking somewhere in the editor
{% endhint %}
### Green color - playback mode
Green color of the time marker indicates that you are in the middle of the [playback](https://karedi.gitbook.io/karedi/user-interface/playback).
When either the audio or midi is being played, the time marker will become green and it will automatically move to indicate the current point of time in the audio that is now playing:
### Red color - note tapping mode
Red color of the marker means that you are currently in the [note tapping](https://karedi.gitbook.io/karedi/next-level/note-tapping) mode.
While tapping notes the audio is also being played in the background, just like in the playback mode so the time marker is moved automatically. But this is where the similarities end - this is a different mode, hence the different color.
### Orange color - writing tones
Orange color means that you are currently in [write tones](https://karedi.gitbook.io/karedi/next-level/writing-tones) mode.
In this mode the time marker is moved semi-automatically. When you set the tone for the first selected note, it automatically moves to the beginning of the next note.
