snap end of groove clip

I don't believe that you can get the end point of a groove clip to snap to the grid settings. The snap settings will let you move the whole loop either by - or to - the amount you set in the snap settings, but if you slip edit the end of the loop and change its length like you say, (or even slip edit the front of the loop), the snap settings don't apply.

No, that is not true you can get it to snap. Set the snap to whole or Measure. Make sure you click at the end where you want it to stop. Now it is not a hard snap. However, when you stop at the end you can push beyond that if you want. Try my example. It should work. Let me know if you want me to shown you how it should look. 

Thanks. I know about the rounded corners. Just looking at them, it's impossible to tell whether or not you're at an exact measure - whether you're looking at a fully rounded corner or you're only halfway there.

I thought I'd try an Acid-like project in Sonar but this issue is making it difficult.

doriginal, I'm not quite sure what you're doing. Could you elaborate a bit please?

Thanks
Mark

just go up to the snap module in your cantrol bar...set it for measure...then when you drag it...it will snap to one measure at a time..(you can set it to what ever you want)now if you start dragging it and it wont repeat itself...then its not a grove clip..all you have to do is right click it..then select "groove clip looping"..after you turn it into a grove clip you can double click on it to open up the loop constructor,there you can save it to your own files(i figured i just tell you about this cause its so cool)once you save it you can start your own library of grrove clips..even with your own wave files that you make up.really easy to write songs this way.

Go to Snap and Nudge Preferences, and set Magnetic Strength to Off.

aldred


brundlefly, that's the one!!

Thanks!

Sure thing. For reference, snapping clip edges with Magnetic Strength enabled works fine, but it makes the snap range around the grid lines smaller, so you have to be closer to the target - High gives you the widest magnetic "field", but Off is counter-intuitively more like "Infinite" Magnetic Strength.


If you don't need to be able to drag objects to points in between snap grid lines, just leave Magnetic Strength Off, and everything will snap from one grid line to the next as your mouse pointer passes the midway point between them.

Saved me too. I need to make a couple of quick loop pieces.
Now I don't need Acid.

Strange that I still can't get clip ends to snap at all with Magnetic Strength enabled on any of the settings. Only turning it off works.

Thanks again.

dlesaux


This is a tip in Scott's book! It saved me a lot of headaches!

Thanks, dlesaux! Glad to hear you're finding the book useful.

I think that tip is at the beginning of Chapter 6 (Editing and Processing), right?

Scott

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