Instruction Manual

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The Loop Construction View
Using Loops
number in the Beats in Clip field if you want to change the total number of
beats in the clip.
Enable Stretching
The Enable Stretching button allows a clip to follow a project’s tempo as it
changes. It instructs SONAR to stretch or shrink the clip to fit the project’s
tempo. SONAR uses the Original BPM parameters to make the change.
Beats in Clip
The number of beats in the clip.
Original BPM
The tempo at which the clip was recorded.
Follow Project Pitch
The Follow Project Pitch option transposes the loop, if necessary, to the
project pitch which you can set in the Markers toolbar. A loop recorded in
the key of C, used in a project with a default project pitch of A, would be
transposed down three semitones if the Follow Project Pitch checkbox was
checked. You can also insert markers in the Time Ruler which change the
project pitch. These markers, called pitch markers affect only Groove clips
with Follow Project Pitch enabled.
Root Note
The Root Note represents the key in which the loop was originally recorded.
The Follow Project Pitch feature uses this information, when checked, to
transpose the loop to match the project’s default project pitch and pitch
markers.
Pitch (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. Any transposition changes to
the pitch with this option checked 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 is enabled, the clip is transposed down by two semitones. A value
entered into the Pitch (coarse) field adjusts the pitch from C. If you enter “-1”
the pitch would be transposed down by one additional semi tone to B.
Another example: The clip pitch is E. The desired clip pitch is D. If the
Follow Project Pitch option is not enabled, and a value of “-2” is entered in