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Edit each beat division as desired. If Instant
Preview is enabled, and you are looping a section to
hear your changes, you’ll hear them right away as
you make them. Here is a summary of what to do in
this window.
Duplicating a groove before modifying it to
preserve the original
The groove editor makes permanent changes to the
groove (unlike adjusting the groove sliders, which
doesn’t affect the groove data itself). As a result, if
you want to modify a groove but preserve the
original, duplicate the groove and then edit the
copy. To duplicate a groove, see “Deleting, moving,
and duplicating grooves” on page 588.
Adding an additional default beat division to a
groove
A groove can have several default beat divisions (as
shown in the menu on page 590). This lets you
produce several permanent variations of the
groove within the groove itself. To do so, select a
non-default beat division from the beat division
menu in the Groove Quantize window right before
you click the Edit button. Doing so lets you modify
the groove based on the newly selected beat
division. The modifications you make to the
groove in the editor will be unique to that beat
division; you won’t affect the groove with its
original beat division setting. When you click OK,
the beat division you chose will become outlined,
and you’ll be able to freely change between the two
groove variations simply by selecting the outlined
beat divisions in the beat division menu.
Obtaining grooves
There are many ways to obtain grooves. You can:
■ Use the stock grooves provided with Digital
Performer
■ Create new grooves from scratch in Digital
Performer
■ “Cop” grooves from any Digital Performer file,
standard MIDI file, audio file or audio loop
■ Purchase commercially available loop libraries
(such as REX files, ACID files, Apple Loops, etc.)
and create grooves from the audio in them
■ Purchase commercially available groove
libraries
Commercially available MIDI groove libraries are
similar to sample libraries; they have been
painstakingly produced in the recording studio.
MIDI grooves are similar to digital sampling in the
sense that they present us with similar copyright
issues. If you cop someone’s groove using Digital
Performer’s Create Groove feature, consider
handling it in the same fashion as you would for
samples.
Cubase grooves
Digital Performer can read Cubase groove files if
they are placed in Digital Performer’s Grooves
folder. They appear in the Groove Quantize list
with a different icon along with all of your Digital
Performer groove files. They can be used in the
same fashion as Digital Performer grooves.
Cubase grooves can be viewed in Digital
Performer’s Groove Editor, but they cannot be
edited directly. To edit them, first move them into a
Digital Performer groove file using the Copy and
Paste commands in the Edit menu (see “Deleting,
moving, and duplicating grooves” on page 588).
To do this Do this
Increase or decrease a velocity Drag it up or down
Adjust note placement earlier
or later
Drag the note placement bar to
the left or right
Increase or decrease a dura-
tion
Drag the right side of the dura-
tion icon left or right (0 - 200%)