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Working with Groove Clip audio
Working with loops and Groove Clips
You can import REX files into a SONAR project. Once imported, you can work with REX files just as
if they were regular Groove Clips (see “Working with Groove Clip audio” on page 659).
To import a REX file
1. On the File menu, point to Import and click Audio.
The Import Audio dialog box appears.
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
If you want to disable looping of REX based Groove Clips, use the Track view Clips > Bounce to
Clip(s) command or click the track’s Freeze button render the REX based Groove Clip to a standard
audio clip.
For details, see “Bouncing to clips” on page 787 and “Freeze tracks and synths” on page 858.
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.
Note: REX-based Groove Clips can be edited in the Loop Construction view, but certain Loop
Construction view tools only apply to ACIDized Groove Clips. The following Loop Construction
view commands, settings and tools do not apply to REX files:
• Enable Looping
• Beats in Clip
• Enable Stretching
• Marker tools
• Slice Resolution
• Transient Detection