Reference Guide

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Working with loops and Groove Clips
MIDI Groove Clips
For step-by-step information, see the following procedures, and also “Exporting and importing MIDI
Groove clips” on page 649.
See:
“To enable or disable a MIDI clip’s Groove Clip function” on page 648
“To create repetitions of a MIDI Groove Clip” on page 648
“To transpose MIDI Groove Clip” on page 648
“To transpose a MIDI Groove Clip with pitch markers” on page 649
To enable or disable a MIDI clip’s Groove Clip function
• Select the clip and press CTRL+L.
Or
• Right-click the clip and choose Groove Clip Looping from the pop-up menu.
A MIDI clip that has its Groove clip feature activated appears with beveled edges in the Clips pane.
To create repetitions of a MIDI Groove Clip
1. Set the Snap value if you want the clip to repeat at precise time boundaries.
2. Move the cursor over the end or beginning of the clip until the cursor looks like this .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 transpose MIDI Groove Clip
1. Select the MIDI Groove clip.
2. Hold down the ALT key, and press the + or - key on your computer keyboard to raise or lower the
clip’s pitches a half-step at a time. You don’t have to stop playback.
Or
1. Select the MIDI Groove clip.
2. Open the Clip Inspector’s Groove Clip section and adjust 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.