Instruction Manual

416 Using Loops
MIDI Groove Clips
Explorer.
• You can preview MIDI Groove clips in the Import MIDI dialog.
• You can edit MIDI Groove clips wherever you can edit regular MIDI
clips.
For step-by-step information, see the following procedures, and also
Exporting, and Importing MIDI Groove Clips.
To Enable or Disable a MIDI Clip’s Groove Clip Function
To Create Repetitions of a MIDI Groove Clip
To Transpose a MIDI Groove Clip
To Transpose a MIDI Groove Clip with Pitch Markers
To Enable or Disable a MIDI Clip’s Groove Clip Function
• Select the clip and press Ctrl+L.
Or
• Select the clip and use the Edit-Groove Clip Looping command.
Or
• Right-click the clip and choose Groove Clip Looping from the popup
menu.
A MIDI clip that has its Groove clip feature activated appears with beveled
edges in the Clips pane.
To Create Repetitions of a MIDI Groove Clip
1. Set the Snap value if you want the clip to repeat at precise time
boundaries.
2. Move the cursor over the end or beginning of the clip until the cursor
looks like this .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 Transpose a MIDI Groove Clip
1. Select the MIDI Groove clip.
2. Hold down the Alt key, and press the + or - key on your computer
keyboard to raise or lower the clip’s pitches a half-step at a time. You
don’t have to stop playback.
Or