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also insert markers in the Time Ruler which change the project pitch. These markers, called pitch
markers affect only Groove clips with Follow Project Pitch enabled.
Root Note
The Root Note represents the key in which the loop was originally recorded. The Follow Project Pitch
feature uses this information, when checked, to transpose the loop to match the project’s default project
pitch and pitch markers.
Pitch (coarse)
You can set the transposition of a clip, independent from the project pitch, using the Pitch (Coarse) field.
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 that, if the Follow Project Pitch option is
checked, the clip follows the project’s pitch. Any transposition changes to the pitch with this option
checked are changes to the project pitch, not the clip pitch.
An example: The project key is C. The clip key is D. If the Follow Project Pitch is enabled, the clip is
transposed down by two semitones. A value entered into the Pitch (coarse) field adjusts the pitch from
C. If you enter “-1” the pitch would be transposed down by one additional semi tone to B.
Another example: The clip pitch is E. The desired clip pitch is D. If the Follow Project Pitch option is not
enabled, and a value of “-2” is entered in the Pitch (coarse) field, the clip is transposed down two
semitones to D from the original pitch of E.
Pitch (fine)
The Pitch (fine) field allows you to make tuning adjustments or to transpose the pitch of a clip up to 50
cents. There are 100 cents in one semi tone. A Pitch (fine) setting of “1” adjusts the pitch up one
hundredth of a semi tone. The Pitch (fine) option can “fine tune” a slightly out of tune clip so that it is in
pitch with the remaining clips in a project.
Slices Menu
The Slices menu sets the resolution for the creation of markers, or the “slicing” of the looped clip. This
menu uses note lengths, so the settings are:
• Whole notes
• Half notes
• Quarter notes
• Eighth notes
• Sixteenth notes
• Thirty-second notes
The automatic markers appear at the note resolutions according to the slider setting. At the eighth note
setting, there are eight markers per measure.
This control works well for slicing audio that has more subtle changes in volume with few dramatic
transients.
The markers in a loop clip preserve the timing of the audio at that moment. Too few or too many
markers can cause unwanted “artifacts” when a loop clip is stretched.
Trans Detect (%)
The Trans Detect control senses transients in your audio clip and assigns a marker at the beginning
and end of each one it finds. As the you increase the sensitivity (by using larger numbers) smaller
transients are detected and the number of markers increases.
Stop Preview
Stops loop preview playback.