Instruction Manual

418 Using Loops
MIDI Groove Clips
The Export MIDI dialog appears.
3. Navigate to a folder where you store MIDI Groove clips.
4. Type a name for the clip in the File Name field.
5. Click the Save button.
SONAR exports the MIDI Groove clip, which contains the information
displayed in the Clip Properties dialog, on the Groove-Clips tab, except for
the Pitch (semitones) field, which does not get exported.
To Export a MIDI Groove Clip with Drag and Drop
• Drag the MIDI Groove clip that you want to export to the folder in the
Windows Explorer where you want to keep it.
To Import MIDI Groove Clips with the File Command
1. Move the Now Time to the place where you want to import the clip.
2. Highlight the track you want to import the clip into.
3. Use the File-Import-MIDI command.
The Import MIDI dialog appears,
4. Navigate to a folder where you store MIDI Groove clips. Make sure that
the Files of Type field is set to MIDI File.
5. Highlight the file you want to import—the File Info field displays the file’s
MIDI Groove clip data, if any.
6. If you want to preview (listen to) the highlighted file, click the Play
button in the Import MIDI dialog. When you decide to import the
highlighted file, click the Open button.
To Import MIDI Groove Clips from the Loop Explorer
View
1. Make sure that the Snap-to-Grid setting is appropriate for what you
want to do.
2. If the Loop Explorer view is not open, use the Views-Loop Explorer
command to display it.
3. Navigate to a folder where you store MIDI Groove clips.
4. Do either of the following:
• Drag the file you want to the track and time where you want it.