Reference Guide

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The Loop Construction View
Working with Loops and Groove Clips
Enable Stretching
The Enable Stretching button allows a clip to follow a project’s tempo as it changes. It instructs
SONAR to stretch or shrink the clip to fit the project’s tempo. SONAR uses the Original BPM
parameters to make the change.
Beats in Clip
The number of beats in the clip.
Original BPM
The tempo at which the clip was recorded.
Follow Project Pitch
The Follow Project Pitch option transposes the loop, if necessary, to the project pitch which you
can set in the Markers toolbar. A loop recorded in the key of C, used in a project with a default
project pitch of A, would be transposed down three semitones if the Follow Project Pitch check box
was checked. You can also insert markers in the Time Ruler which change the project pitch. These
markers, called pitch markers affect only Groove clips with Follow Project Pitch enabled.
Root Note
The Root Note represents the key in which the loop was originally recorded. The Follow Project
Pitch feature uses this information, when checked, to transpose the loop to match the project’s
default project pitch and pitch markers.
Pitch (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. Any transposition changes to the pitch with this
option checked 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 is enabled, the clip
is transposed down by two semitones. A value entered into the Pitch (coarse) field adjusts the pitch
from C. If you enter -1, the pitch would be transposed down by one additional semi tone to B.
Another example: The clip pitch is E. The desired clip pitch is D. If the Follow Project Pitch option
is not enabled, and a value of -2 is entered in the Pitch (coarse) field, the clip is transposed down
two semitones to D from the original pitch of E.
Pitch (fine)
The Pitch (fine) field allows you to make tuning adjustments or to transpose the pitch of a clip up to
50 cents. There are 100 cents in one semi tone. A Pitch (fine) setting of 1 adjusts the pitch up one
hundredth of a semi tone. The Pitch (fine) option can “fine tune” a slightly out of tune clip so that it is
in pitch with the remaining clips in a project.