Reference Guide

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Loop Properties dialog—Audio Stretching
• Original Tempo [audio clips only]. The tempo at which the clip was recorded.
• Follow Project Pitch. The Follow Project Pitch option transposes the loop, if necessary, to
the key of the project. A loop recorded in the key of A, used in a project in the key of C, would be
transposed up three semitones if the Follow Project Pitch check box was checked.
• Reference Note. The Reference Note represents the key in which the loop was recorded. The
Follow Project Pitch feature uses this information, when checked, to transpose the loop to match
the project’s key.
• Pitch (semitones). You can set the transposition of a clip, independent from the project pitch,
using the Pitch (semitones) 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, so any
transposition changes you make using this option 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 option is
checked, the clip is transposed down by two semitones. A value entered into the Pitch
(semitone) field adjusts the pitch from C. If you enter -1 the pitch would be transposed down by
one additional semitone to B.
Another example: The clip pitch is E. The desired clip pitch is D. If the Follow Project Pitch
option is not checked, and a value of -2 is entered in the Pitch (semitones) field, the clip is
transposed down two semitones to D from the original pitch of E.
• Fine Pitch (cents) [audio clips only]. The Fine Pitch (cents) 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
semitone. A Fine Pitch setting of 1 adjusts the pitch up one hundredth of a semitone. The Fine
Pitch option can “fine tune” a slightly out of tune clip so that it is in pitch with the remaining clips in
a project.
For more information, see:
“Working with loops” on page 705
“Working with Groove Clip audio” on page 706
“Creating and editing Groove Clips” on page 708
AudioSnap
The AudioSnap section of the Audio Stretching tab has the following options:
• Enable AudioSnap. Enabling this check box enables the clip’s AudioSnap feature, which
makes the following options available:
• Show Transients. Enabling this check box displays the clip’s transients.
• Add Transients to Pool. Enabling this check box displays vertical grid lines at the
beginning of each of the clip’s transients, extending vertically across the Clips pane.
• Auto Stretch (Follow Tempo). Enabling this check box causes the clip to automatically
follow any project tempo changes.
• Enable Time Stretching. This check box is unavailable if the Auto Stretch (Follow Tempo)
check box is enabled, but is available whether or not the clip is AudioSnap-enabled. You can use