Working with loops

You can make any audio clip into a loop by selecting the Looping check box in the Clip Properties Inspector’s Groove Clip section. Once looping is enabled, you can drag out loops to create multiple repetitions. There are several other ways to enable looping:

To enable or disable a clip for looping

Select the clip you want to loop and do one of the following:

In the Clip Properties Inspector’s Groove Clip section, select the Looping check box.

Press CTRL+L.

Right-click the clip and choose Groove Clip Looping on the pop-up menu.

To create repetitions of a loop

1.	Set the Snap value if you want the loop to repeat at precise time boundaries.

2.	Move the cursor over the end of the loop-enabled clip until the cursor looks like this .

3.	When the cursor changes, click the end or beginning of the clip and drag it to the right (if you are dragging out from the end) or left (if you are dragging from the beginning).

The clip repeats itself until you stop dragging.

To create partial repetitions of a loop

1.	Move the cursor over the end of the loop-enabled clip until the cursor looks like this .

2.	When the cursor changes, click the end or beginning of the clip and drag it to the right (if you are dragging out from the end) or left (if you are dragging from the beginning).

If the Snap to Grid button is on, you can create a partial loop as small as the Snap to Grid setting allows. For example, if your Snap to Grid setting is set to quarter notes, you can create partial repetitions as small as a quarter of a measure.

 

See:

Using loops with the Browser

Working with Groove Clip audio

MIDI Groove Clips

Importing Project5 patterns