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MIDI Groove Clips
Working with Loops and Groove Clips
2. In the Files of type list, select All Audio or REX (*.rex, *.rx2, *.rcy).
3. Find and select the REX file you want to import.
If you want to preview the selected file, click Play. The file will play at the current project tempo.
4. Click Open.
The REX file is imported into SONAR as a Groove Clip.
You can also drag REX files into SONAR, paste from the Clipboard, or import from the Media
Browser view.
To disable looping of a REX-based Groove Clip
Unlike ACIDized-based Groove Clips, looping can not be disabled for REX based Groove Clips. If
you want to disable looping of REX based Groove Clips, use the Edit > Bounce to Clip(s) or
Tracks > Freeze > Freeze Tracks commands to render the REX based Groove Clip to a standard
audio clip.
For details, see Bouncing to Clips and Freeze Tracks and Synths.
To use pitch markers with REX-based Groove Clips
Unlike ACIDized audio loops, REX files do not store the original pitch (root note) value. If you want a
pitched REX file to properly follow your project’s pitch markers, you must manually specify the
original root note for each REX clip. By default, SONAR assigns a root note value of G#.
Due to limitations of the REX file format, the root note value can not be saved back to the REX file,
and must be manually specified each time you import a REX file into a SONAR project. If you want
to permanently save the root note value with a REX loop, export the REX Groove clip as an
ACIDized .wav file.
For details, see Root Note and Saving Groove Clips as Wave Files/ACIDized Wave Files.
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Creating and Editing Groove Clips
MIDI Groove Clips
MIDI Groove clips are MIDI clips that you can roll out like audio Groove clips, and you can also
choose to have SONAR transpose MIDI Groove clips when your project reaches a pitch marker.
You can change any MIDI clip into a MIDI Groove clip (or back into a regular MIDI clip) by selecting
the clip and using the Edit > Groove Clip Looping command. A MIDI clip that has its Groove clip
feature activated appears with beveled edges in the Clips pane.
Here are some other features of MIDI Groove clips:
• You can roll out copies in either direction (just like audio Groove clips). The Snap-to-Grid setting
determines what beat boundaries (if any) you can roll to.