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Working with Groove Clips
Groove clips are .WAV files that behave similarly to Sonic Foundry’s ACIDized
loops (SONAR also has MIDI Groove clips—see “MIDI Groove Clips” on page 267).
Groove clips contain information about the audio content, including the original
tempo, original reference pitch, number of beats in the loop, and audio transient
information.
How Groove Clips Work in SONAR
Groove clips have information saved within them which allow them to adjust to
changes in tempo and pitch. Groove clips can read a project’s tempo and tempo
changes, and can adjust their root note pitch when they read pitch markers. You
can add pitch markers in the Track view’s Time Ruler to transpose the Groove clip.
As your project passes over a pitch marker, SONAR transposes your Groove clips
based on the clip’s root note reference pitch. If you insert no pitch markers in your
project, there are no pitch changes in your Groove clips. The default project pitch is
C.
Note:
When working with Groove clips, it is important to know the
difference between key and pitch. Your project’s key signature has no
effect on Groove clips. The pitch of your Follow Project Pitch-enabled
Groove clips is dictated by pitch markers in the Time Ruler. If there
are no pitch markers in your project, these Groove clips play at the
pitch set in the Markers toolbar (the default is C).
Note:
Groove clips must be at least one beat in length. If you try to loop-
enable a clip of a shorter duration you may experience distortion or
artifacts.
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