Instruction Manual

406 Using Loops
Working with Groove Clips
drag out loops to create multiple repetitions. There are several other ways
to enable looping:
To Enable or Disable a Clip for Looping
1. Double-click on the clip you want to loop.
The Loop Construction view appears.
2. In the Loop Construction view, click the Enable Looping button .
Or
In the Track view, select a clip and press Ctrl+L or select Edit-Groove
Clip Looping.
To Create Repetitions of a Loop
1. Set the Snap value if you want the loop to repeat at precise time
boundaries.
2. Move the cursor over the end of the loop-enabled clip until the cursor
looks like this .
3. When the cursor changes, click the end or beginning of the clip and
drag it to the right (if you are dragging out from the end) or left (if you
are dragging from the beginning).
The clip repeats itself until you stop dragging.
To Create Partial Repetitions of a Loop
1. Move the cursor over the end of the loop-enabled clip until the cursor
looks like this .
2. When the cursor changes, click the end or beginning of the clip and
drag it to the right (if you are dragging out from the end) or left (if you
are dragging from the beginning).
If the Snap to Grid button is on, you can create a partial loop as small as the
Snap to Grid setting allows. For example, if your Snap to Grid setting is set
to quarter notes, you can create partial repetitions as small as a quarter of a
measure.
Working with Groove Clips
Groove clips are .WAV files that behave similarly to Sonic Foundry’s
ACIDized loops (SONAR also has MIDI Groove clips—see MIDI Groove
Clips). Groove clips contain information about the audio content, including