so I've tried all these things and still getting a strange sound. When i turn off groove clip looping it goes away. Thoughts?

psychwardmedia


so I've tried all these things and still getting a strange sound. When i turn off groove clip looping it goes away. Thoughts?

Read post #3 again. First, turn off Groove Clip Looping...
 
I do not believe you can easily accomplish what you want with Groove Looping.
 
Cheers.
 

kk. hopefully this will be fixed in x2.

psychwardmedia


kk. hopefully this will be fixed in x2.

Well, it's not really "broken" per se, I think Cakewalk has tried to dumby-proof the Groove Looping so it always fits an exact measure/measures (although MIDI clips work differently). I for one would welcome the option to loop without the current limitations. Unless I'm missing something... (quite possible!)

I would not use any form of looping for ocean waves. Your best bet is the cut and paste technique. However, instead of butting one clip up against the other, have the clips overlap randomly and apply a cross fade. This would make it a bit more natural.

stoons has got some good points here though there are some shortcuts to make it a little quicker.
like just hold down control and click on the clip and drag it to the end of your original one,this is a quick way to copy/paste

well this is just for B roll, but i'll keep the cut and paste in mind for the main film, though I have well over 30 minutes of ocean, there are just bits i need to cut out. I was going to send two versions, one looped and possibly with an eq with automation or something and another the other the one which is not looped, just edited to remove unwanted background noise. Since I'm stuck using the cut and paste method anyways I am thinking I'll use the easy cut and paste for the b roll and the non looped method for the film. Thanks peeps!

some times I think that when companies "dummy proof" their stuff they really inhibit themselves. I could see dummy proofing one of the more consumer oriented or "light" versions of sonar but I'm pretty sure that if people are willing to drop the kind of cash that it costs for the Producer or Producer expanded versions of their software that they are interested in more advanced options, instead of the rather crippled functionality that comes from "dummy proofing" software. Just my humble take on things. I've always been the one to want to learn everything anyway - hell I knew how to do the copy and paste thing, I just wanted to see if I could learn a better way to get around my current situation. I'm the perpetual student. Anyhow, thanks stoons.

SToons

psychwardmedia


kk. hopefully this will be fixed in x2.

Well, it's not really "broken" per se, I think Cakewalk has tried to dumby-proof the Groove Looping so it always fits an exact measure/measures (although MIDI clips work differently). I for one would welcome the option to loop without the current limitations. Unless I'm missing something... (quite possible!)

chuckebaby


stoons has got some good points here though there are some shortcuts to make it a little quicker.
like just hold down control and click on the clip and drag it to the end of your original one,this is a quick way to copy/paste

I don't think drag-copying 30 copies of a clip is quicker than choosing paste and adding Repetitions. Also keep in mind if a clip is not exactly a measure/measures in length then it gets trickier to "snap" the clips together, something that my suggested approach deals with. Just a thought.

psychwardmedia


some times I think that when companies "dummy proof" their stuff they really inhibit themselves. I could see dummy proofing one of the more consumer oriented or "light" versions of sonar but I'm pretty sure that if people are willing to drop the kind of cash that it costs for the Producer or Producer expanded versions of their software that they are interested in more advanced options, instead of the rather crippled functionality that comes from "dummy proofing" software. Just my humble take on things.

I agree.