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Using Groove Clips
Groove clips are easy to use because they automatically adjust to your project’s pitch markers and
tempo. You can import existing loops or create your own, using the Loop Construction view.
To Import a Groove Clip into Your Project
1. Select a Track in the Track view.
2. Set the Now Time to the place you want the clip to begin.
3. Select File-Import-Audio from the menu.
The Open dialog appears.
4. Navigate to a directory that contains Groove clips and select one.
5. Click Open.
Or
1. Open the Loop Explorer view.
2. Navigate to a directory that contains Groove clips.
3. Drag and drop a clip into the Track view, or double-click it to insert it at the Now Time.
4. The clip appears on the track and at the time in your project where you drop it, so if you want the
clip on a new track, drop it after the last track in your project.
By default, Groove clips are loop-enabled and transposed to match the project’s pitch.
Setting the Default Project Pitch
1. If necessary display the Markers toolbar by selecting View-Toolbars to open the Toolbars dialog.
In the toolbar dialog click Markers and OK.
2. In the Markers toolbar, click the Default Groove Clip Pitch dropdown menu and select a pitch.
Your project now uses the root note of your clips to transpose to the project pitch. Use Pitch markers at
different points in your project to change the pitch. For more information on Pitch markers, see “Using
Pitch Markers in the Track View” on page 238.
Creating and Editing Groove Clips
Any audio clip can be converted to a Groove clip. Groove clips contain tempo, beat, and pitch
information which SONAR uses to stretch and transpose the clips to match the project. Most Groove
clips are loop-enabled, meaning that you can use the mouse to drag clip repetitions in the Track view.
Groove clips can be either loop-enabled or not, although they usually are. When a Groove clip is loop-
enabled, its edges appear beveled. It is sometimes desirable to create clips that follow the project’s
tempo and key, but are not intended to loop. The following is a list of the attributes contained in a
Groove clip:
• Beats in clip—The number of quarter notes in a clip. A four measure clip in 4/4 time should have
16 beats. When you enable looping for a clip, SONAR calculates the number of beats in the clip
using an algorithm. This calculation is very often accurate, but in some cases, for instance when
the clip has a very slow or very fast tempo or if the clip has an unusual number of beats, then the
number of beats in a clip may have to be edited manually in the Beats in clip field.
• Original tempo—The original tempo of the recording. SONAR uses the original tempo to adjust to
your project’s tempo. The original tempo must be specified for stretching clips.
Note: When you loop-enable a clip, SONAR calculates the original tempo of the clip, and unless the
clip’s length is in exact beat or measure increments, the original tempo that SONAR calculates
may vary from the recorded tempo. These fluctuations are usually quite small and do not affect the
quality of the Groove clip you create.