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MIDI Groove Clips

Working with Loops and Groove Clips

1. Right-click the clip and choose Clip Properties from the pop-up menu.

The Clip Properties dialog appears.

2. On the Groove Clips tab, in the Pitch (semitones) field, choose the number of half-steps you

want to transpose the clip by: choose negative numbers to transpose down, or positive numbers

to transpose up.

Either method transposes the original clip and all repetitions. The original clip displays a positive or

negative number in parentheses showing any transposition value you’ve added to the clip.

If you use pitch markers to transpose a clip, any transposition value you add to the clip by the above

two methods changes the final pitch by whatever transposition value you’ve added.

To Transpose a MIDI Groove Clip with Pitch Markers

Use the same method you use for audio Groove clips: see “Using Pitch Markers in the Track View”

on page 425.

See also:

Exporting, and Importing MIDI Groove Clips

You can not export MIDI Groove clips by saving your project as a Standard MIDI File—Standard

MIDI Files do not contain MIDI Groove clip data, such as transposition value, etc. When you import

MIDI Groove clips, you can preview them in the Import MIDI dialog.

There are two methods for exporting MIDI Groove clips:

•Using the File > Export > MIDI Groove Clip command

• Dragging a MIDI Groove clip from SONAR to the Windows Explorer

There are three methods for importing MIDI Groove clips:

•Using the File > Import > MIDI command

• Using the Media Browser view

• Dragging a MIDI Groove clip from the Windows Explorer to a MIDI track in SONAR

For step-by-step information, see the following procedures:

To Export MIDI Groove Clips with the File Command

1. Highlight the MIDI Groove clip that you want to export.

2. Use the File > Export > MIDI Groove Clip command.

The Export MIDI dialog appears.

3. to a folder where you store MIDI Groove clips.

4. Type a name for the clip in the File Name field.

5. Click the Save button.