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MIDI Groove Clips
Working with loops and Groove Clips
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” on page 631 and “Saving Groove Clips as Wave files/ACIDized Wave
files” on page 644.
See:
“Creating and editing Groove Clips” on page 640
“MIDI Groove Clips” on page 647
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 right-
clicking the clip and choosing Groove-Clip Looping on the pop-up menu. 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.
• You can edit individual repetitions without altering any other copies (unlike audio Groove clips).
• All new repetitions are based on the first clip (just like audio Groove clips). However, if you split a
repetition from its original source clip, the repetition becomes independent: if you copy this clip,
SONAR treats it as an original clip.
• You can import MIDI Groove clips from the Import MIDI dialog, the Media Browser view, and by
dragging and dropping from the Windows Explorer.
• You can preview MIDI Groove clips in the Import MIDI dialog.
• You can edit MIDI Groove clips wherever you can edit regular MIDI clips.
Note: If you then roll the edge of your MIDI Groove clip back over the area you edited, you will
lose your edits.