Instruction Manual

414 Using Loops

Working with Groove Clips

To Drag and Drop a Groove Clip Into Another

Application

You can drag and drop clips from SONAR to another application or to a

directory in Windows. When you drag a file from SONAR, the source file is

copied and the copy is placed in the new directory or application.

Using Pitch Markers in the Track View

Pitch markers change the pitch at which Groove clips sound. All Groove

clips in SONAR that have the Follow Project Pitch option enabled adjust

their pitch as they encounter pitch markers in SONAR. If there are no pitch

markers, all Groove clips play at the default project pitch, unless the Follow

Project Pitch parameter is disabled.

A. Pitch marker: Groove clips with Follow Project Pitch enabled play with the Root

Note transposed to C B. Time Ruler C. Pitch marker: Groove clips with Follow

Project Pitch enabled play with the Root Note transposed to D

To Enable a Clip’s Follow Project Pitch Option

1. Right-click the clip and choose Clip Properties from the popup menu.

The Clip Properties dialog appears.

2. On the Groove Clips tab, check the Follow Project Pitch checkbox.

3. Make sure that the Reference Note field is correct. When your project

reaches a pitch marker, SONAR transposes each groove clip that has

the Follow Project Pitch option enabled by the difference between the

clip’s Reference Note and the current Project Pitch.

4. Click OK to close the dialog.

To Change Your Project’s Default Pitch

1. Display the Markers toolbar, if it’s not already displayed, by using the

Views-Toolbars-Markers command.

2. In the Default Groove-Clip Pitch dropdown menu at the right end of the

toolbar, choose your project’s default pitch.