Reference Guide

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The Loop Construction view
Working with loops and Groove Clips
(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. 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 semitone. A Pitch (fine) setting of 1
adjusts the pitch up one hundredth of a semitone. 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.
Slicing markers
There are two types of slicing markers in the Loop Construction view: automatic and manual.
Automatic markers appear in red and are automatically generated by SONAR when you loop enable
a clip. The one exception to this is if you import an ACIDized wave file into SONAR. ACIDized files
always appear with manual slicing markers. Manual markers appear in purple. If you add a marker
or move an automatic marker, it turns purple to show you that it has been edited. For information on
editing slicing markers, see “To edit the slicing markers in a Groove Clip” on page 710.
Beat markers
Beat Markers mark where the beats fall in your clip. There are as many beat markers as there are
beats in a clip.