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• You can import MIDI Groove clips from the Import MIDI dialog, the Loop
Explorer view, and by dragging and dropping from the Windows Explorer.
• You can preview MIDI Groove clips in the Import MIDI dialog.
• You can edit MIDI Groove clips wherever you can edit regular MIDI clips.
For step-by-step information, see the following procedures, and also "Exporting,
and Importing MIDI Groove Clips" on page 269.
To Enable or Disable a MIDI Clip's Groove Clip Function
• Select the clip and press Ctrl+L.
Or
• Select the clip and use the Edit-Groove Clip Looping command.
Or
• Right-click the clip and choose Groove Clip Looping from the popup menu.
A MIDI clip that has its Groove clip feature activated appears with beveled edges
in the Clips pane.
To Create Repetitions of a MIDI Groove Clip
1. Set the Snap value if you want the clip to repeat at precise time boundaries.
2. Move the cursor over the end or beginning of the clip until the cursor looks
like this .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 Transpose a MIDI Groove Clip
1. Select the MIDI Groove clip.
2. Hold down the Alt key, and press the + or - key on your computer keyboard to
raise or lower the clip's pitches a half-step at a time. You don't have to stop
playback.
Or
1. Right-click the clip and choose Clip Properties from the popup menu.
The Clip Properties dialog appears.
2. On the Groove Clips tab, in the Pitch (semitones) field, choose the number of
half-steps you want to transpose the clip by: choose negative numbers to
transpose down, or positive numbers to transpose up.
Either method transposes the original clip and all repetitions. The original clip
displays a positive or negative number in parentheses showing any transposition
value you've added to the clip.