Reference Guide

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Loop Construction view
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Enable Looping Button
Click the Enable Looping button to loop clips in the Track view by dragging the right side of a
clip with your mouse. When Enable Looping is not on, you are able to slip-edit the clip. For more
information about slip editing, see “Applying Fades and Crossfades Offline” on page 565.
Beats in Clip Field
The number of beats (quarter notes) in the clip.
Enable Stretching Button
The Enable Stretching button instructs SONAR to stretch or shrink the clip to fit the project’s
tempo. The Beats in Clip and Original BPM parameters are used to make the change.
Original BPM Field
The tempo at which the clip was recorded.
Follow Project Pitch Button
The Follow Project Pitch option transposes the loop, if necessary, to the key of the project. A
loop recorded in the key of A, used in a project in the key of C, would be transposed up three
semitones if the Follow Project Pitch check box was checked.
Root Note Field
The Root Note represents the key in which the loop was recorded. The Follow Project Pitch
feature uses this information, when checked, to transpose the loop to match the project’s key.
Pitch Field (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, so any transposition changes you make using
this option 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 option is checked,
the clip is transposed down by two semitones. A value entered into the Pitch (semitone) field
adjusts the pitch from C. If you enter “-1” the pitch would be transposed down by one additional
semitone to B.