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The transpose functions
Transposing your music
If the events already contain root key information
Let’s say you want to create a project based on loops. Proceed as follows:
1. Open the MediaBay and drag some loops into an empty project, see “Inserting the
files into the project” on page 402.
For this example, import audio loops with different root keys.
2. Open the Root Key pop-up menu in the Project window toolbar and set the project
root key.
If the Root Key pop-up menu is not visible, right-click the toolbar and select the
“Project Root Key” option from the context menu. By default, no project root key is
specified (“-”).
The entire project will be played back with this root key. To do so, the separate loops
are transposed to match the project root key. For example, if you have imported a bass
loop in C and the project root key is set to E, the bass loop will be transposed up by
4 semitones.
3. With the root key set, record some audio or MIDI.
The recorded events will get the project root key.
4. When you are done, you can change the project root key and your events will
follow.
If the events do not contain root key information
Let’s say you have created a project by recording audio and importing some MIDI
loops, and you want to match the root key of the whole project to the register of a
certain singer.
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If you work with drums or percussion, exclude these from being transposed by setting
the “Global Transpose” setting on the info line to “Independent” (see
“The Global
Transpose setting” on page 166).