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Working Groove Clip audio
Working with Loops and Groove Clips
In the Track view, select a clip and press CTRL+L or select Edit > Groove Clip Looping.
To Create Repetitions of a Loop
1. Set the Snap value if you want the loop to repeat at precise time boundaries.
2. Move the cursor over the end of the loop-enabled clip until the cursor looks like this .
3. 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 Create Partial Repetitions of a Loop
1. Move the cursor over the end of the loop-enabled clip until the cursor looks like this .
2. 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).
If the Snap to Grid button is on, you can create a partial loop as small as the Snap to Grid setting
allows. For example, if your Snap to Grid setting is set to quarter notes, you can create partial
repetitions as small as a quarter of a measure.
Working Groove Clip audio
Groove clips are .wav files that behave similarly to Sony Media Software’s ACIDized loops (SONAR
also has MIDI Groove clips—see “MIDI Groove Clips” on page 427). Groove clips contain
information about the audio content, including the original tempo, original reference pitch, number of
beats in the loop, and audio transient information.
See:
How Groove Clips Work in SONAR
Using Groove Clips
Creating and Editing Groove Clips
Using Pitch Markers in the Track View
“Working with REX files”
How Groove Clips Work in SONAR
Groove clips have information saved within them which allow them to adjust to changes in tempo
and pitch. Groove clips can read a project’s tempo and tempo changes, and can adjust their root
note pitch when they read pitch markers. You can add pitch markers in the Track view’s Time Ruler
to transpose the Groove clip. As your project passes over a pitch marker, SONAR transposes your