CAKEWALK Cakewalk SONAR, User Manual

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To Preview a Groove Clip Slice
1. Double-click on a clip to open the Loop Construction view.
2. Click the Enable Slice Auto-preview button.
3. Click a slice to hear it.
To Adjust a Groove Clip Slice Gain
1. In the Loop Construction view, select the slice on which you want to adjust the gain.
2. In the Slice Gain field, click the plus or minus buttons to change the gain value.
Or
Click between the plus and minus keys until the cursor becomes a double arrow and drag up to
increase the value or down to decrease the value.
To Adjust a Groove Clip Slice Pan
1. In the Loop Construction view, select the slice on which you want to adjust the pan.
2. In the Slice Pan field, click the plus or minus buttons to change the pan value. Negative is Left pan
and positive is right pan.
To Adjust a Groove Clip Slice Pitch (Half Steps)
1. In the Loop Construction view, select the slice on which you want to adjust the pitch.
2. In the first Slice Pitch field, click the plus or minus buttons to change the pitch value.
To Adjust a Groove Clip Slice Pitch (Cents)
1. In the Loop Construction view, select the slice on which you want to adjust the pitch.
2. In the second Slice Pitch field, click the plus or minus buttons to change the pitch value.
To Adjust Slice Gain, Pan and Pitch Using Slice Envelopes
You can change an envelope’s gain, pan and/or pitch settings by dragging the envelope up or down in
that slice.
Saving Groove Clips as Wave Files/ACIDized Wave Files
Once you have created a Groove clip in SONAR, you can save the clip as a Groove Clip/Wave file,
compatible with ACIDized wave files.
To Save a Groove Clip as a Riff Wave File/ACIDized Wave File
1. If you have not already done so, create a Groove clip. In the Loop Construction view, click the Save
icon.
The Save As dialog appears.
2. Use the toolbar in the Save As dialog to navigate to the location where you want to save the file.
3. In the File name field, enter a name for the file.
4. Click the Save button.
To Drag and Drop a Groove Clip Into Another Application
You can drag and drop clips from SONAR to another application or to a directory in Windows. When you
drag a file from SONAR, the source file is copied and the copy is placed in the new directory or
application.
Using Pitch Markers in the Track View
Pitch markers change the pitch at which Groove clips sound. All Groove clips in SONAR that have the
Follow Project Pitch option enabled adjust their pitch as they encounter pitch markers in SONAR. If