Instruction Manual

1490 View Reference
Loop Construction view
The number of beats (quarter notes) in the clip.
Enable Stretching Button
The Enable Stretching button instructs SONAR to stretch or shrink the
clip to fit the project’s tempo. The Beats in Clip and Original BPM
parameters are used to make the change.
Original BPM Field
The tempo at which the clip was recorded.
Follow Project Pitch Button
The Follow Project Pitch option transposes the loop, if necessary, to the
key of the project. A loop recorded in the key of A, used in a project in the
key of C, would be transposed up three semitones if the Follow Project
Pitch checkbox was checked.
Root Note Field
The Root Note represents the key in which the loop was recorded. The
Follow Project Pitch feature uses this information, when checked, to
transpose the loop to match the project’s key.
Pitch Field (coarse)
You can set the transposition of a clip, independent from the project pitch,
using the Pitch (coarse) field. A positive number transposes the clip up by
that number of semitones. A negative number transposes the clip down by
that number of semitones. Remember that, if the Follow Project Pitch option
is checked, the clip follows the project’s pitch, so any transposition changes
you make using this option are changes to the project pitch, not the clip
pitch.
An example: The project key is C. The clip key is D. If the Follow Project
Pitch option is checked, the clip is transposed down by two semitones. A