Man is this a happy ending or what?!!

almost  :-D

Well, the cat certainly looks happy, if not a bit loopy.   
 

I'm glad to help!! Let me add a coda (I guess you can't subtract a coda...never mind).
 
Converting files to the Acid or REX formats appears simple, but doing it right is actually very difficult. Companies have paid me substantial amounts of money to acidize their files because my files worked and theirs didn't...it's a shame that so few sample libraries put serious effort into acidizing files.
 
In this case, I don't think it was about not bouncing to clip, I think it was likely about trying to acidize a clip before trimming it. So for future reference, before acidizing a file, trim it. If you've done anything else with the file (e.g., audiosnap or whatever), you can always play it safe by bouncing to clip.

before groove clipping the clips, I did bounce to clip. I thought that would apply the trimming. It used to in the past. 
 
You also need to add the snap to zero as a caveat in your explanation. :)
 
Shoot, maybe a groove clip looping tutorial is in order Craig! :) I want to thank you again for helping me to get closer to my goal. I realize you didn't have to, and it is much appreciated!

Anderton
Converting files to the Acid or REX formats appears simple, but doing it right is actually very difficult. Companies have paid me substantial amounts of money to acidize their files because my files worked and theirs didn't...it's a shame that so few sample libraries put serious effort into acidizing files.

I had no idea that the Groove Clip used the Acid format. I used to use Acid for a variety of pre-composition loop generation that I would import into Cakewalk (probably back in the Pro Audio days). Always was very fiddly as I recall!!

From my last test, if I try to loop 7 measures it tries to make it 4, if I put 9 it tries to make it 8, if 8 it stays 8... interesting!

Red Firebird
From my last test, if I try to loop 7 measures it tries to make it 4, if I put 9 it tries to make it 8, if 8 it stays 8... interesting!

See post # 14 above for more info...