CAKEWALK sonar x3, Reference Manual

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Clip groups
Arranging and editing
Clip groups
SONAR lets you treat multiple clips as a single unit. By grouping clips, you can select and edit an
entire group of clips by simply selecting or editing any group member. A group can contain both
audio and MIDI clips from a single track or from multiple tracks.
Clip groups are very useful, for example, when editing multitrack drums and you want to synchronize
edits on all clips from the same recording take.
You can instruct SONAR to automatically group clips after recording multiple tracks simultaneously,
or you can add and remove clips from a group after the clips have been recorded.
Grouped clips are indicated by a group number before the clip name.
Figure 95. Grouped clips
A. The group number is displayed next to the clip name
To group clips during multitrack recording
You can specify how clips should be grouped when recording multiple tracks simultaneously.
1. Go to Edit > Preferences > Project - Record , or right-click the Record button to access
recording settings.
2. Under Multi-track grouping , select one of the following options:
• Group all clips. All clips that are recorded at the same time are placed in a clip group.
• Group only clips in folders (default). All clips in folders are grouped. Different folders have
different groups. Tracks not in folders are not grouped.
• Do not group tracks. Each new take will belong to a different clip group if loop recording is
enabled.
After recording is complete, all new clips are grouped together. When loop recording, each pass of
the loop gets placed in its own group.
Two discrete steps are placed in the Undo history. The first step is the actual recording and the
second step is for Create Clip Group. This allows you to undo the clip group, if desired, without
losing the recording.
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