Reference Guide

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Properties Inspector overview
Inspectors
Groove Clip section
• Groove Clip header bar. Click to show/hide the Groove Clip section.
• Looping. Convert the selected clip to a Groove Clip. You can drag the right edge of a Groove
Clip to create loop repetitions. Groove Clips can also obey pitch markers. For more information
about Groove Clips, see “Working with Groove Clip audio” on page 659 and “MIDI Groove Clips”
on page 668.
• Stretch to Tempo (audio clips only). Stretch or shrink the selected clip to fit the project’s
tempo. SONAR uses the Beats in Clip and Original Tempo parameters are used to make the
change.
• Beats in Clips. The number of beats (quarter notes) in the clip.
• Original Tempo (audio clips only). The tempo at which the clip was recorded.
• Follow Pitch. Transposes the loop, if necessary, to the key of the project. A loop recorded in the
key of A, used in a project in the key of C, will be transposed up three semitones if the Follow
Pitch option is selected. You can also insert markers in the Time Ruler which change the project
pitch. These markers, called pitch markers affect only Groove clips with Follow Pitch enabled.
• Reference Note. Represents the key in which the loop was originally recorded. The Follow
Pitch feature uses this information, when checked, to transpose the loop to match the project’s
default project pitch and pitch markers.
• Pitch (semitones). Allows you to set the transposition of a clip independently from the project
pitch. A positive number transposes the clip up by that number of semitones. A negative number
transposes the clip down by that number of semitones. Remember, if Follow Pitch is enabled,
the clip follows the project’s pitch, so any transposition changes you make using this option are
changes to the project pitch, not the clip pitch.
• Fine Pitch (cents). Allows you to make tuning adjustments or to transpose the pitch of a clip up
to 50 cents. There are 100 cents in one semitone. A Fine Pitch setting of 1 adjusts the pitch up
one hundredth of a semitone. The Fine Pitch option can “fine tune” a slightly out of tune clip so
that it is in pitch with the remaining clips in a project.
For more information about Groove Clips, see “Working with loops and Groove Clips” on page
651.
Note: If this control is not available, the selected clip is most likely an AudioSnap clip. A clip can
not have Groove Clip looping and AudioSnap enabled at the same time.