Reference Guide

Working with Loops and Groove Clips
Loops are short digital audio clips which are often designed to be repeated over and over or
“looped,” although some loops, called one-shots, are intended to play just once. Groove clips, often
used as loops, are digital audio clips that “know” their tempo and pitch information. Groove clips
automatically respond to changes in a project’s tempo and can have their root note pitch adjusted
using pitch markers. In SONAR, you can import ACID™ loops, or digital audio clips and convert
them to Groove clips. You can also record your own audio and create Groove clips. To download
more Groove clips and loops, visit www.cakewalk.com.
The Loop Construction View
The Media Browser View
Working with Loops
Working Groove Clip audio
MIDI Groove Clips
Importing Project5 Patterns
The Loop Construction View
The Loop Construction view is where you create and edit Groove clips.
Note: Groove clips and ACIDized loops are loaded into RAM, and can take up a lot of memory.
Copying them does not increase the amount of memory they take up, but loading the initial copy
does.