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Tutorial 6—Using Groove Clips
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Tutorial 6—Using Groove Clips
Groove clips are audio clips that “know” their tempo and root note pitch.
SONAR uses this information to stretch the clips to match changes in tempo
and to transpose the root note pitch to match the project’s pitch and pitch
changes. SONAR also has MIDI Groove clips that work much the same as
audio Groove clips.
You can create repetitions, or loops of Groove clips simply by dragging their
ends in the Track view, creating as many repetitions as you want.
You can change the pitch of your Groove clips by inserting pitch markers in
the Time Ruler. The default project pitch for Groove clips in a new project is
C. The root note of your Groove clips is transposed to the default for any
part of the Groove clips that come before the first pitch marker, or if you do
not have pitch markers in your project. You can change the default pitch of
the current project in the Markers toolbar.
You can create and edit Groove clips in the Loop Construction view.
This tutorial covers the following:
• Adding Groove clips to a project
• Looping Groove clips
• Changing the pitch of Groove clips
• Making Groove clips follow the project tempo
First Step: Adding Groove Clips to a Project.
Adding Groove Clips to a Project
There are two ways to add a Groove clip to your project. Let’s use both.
To Import a Groove Clip
1. Select File-New to create a new project.
2. In the New Project File dialog box, enter Tutorial6 in the Name field.
3. Select the Normal template from the template list and click OK.
4. Set the default pitch to E by clicking the dropdown arrow in the Markers
toolbar and choosing E (if you don’t see the Markers toolbar, use the
Views-Toolbars command and check Markers).