Why doesn't the clip start marker move with the loop brace?

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Matt_Quinn
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Why doesn't the clip start marker move with the loop brace?

Post by Matt_Quinn » Thu Nov 15, 2012 2:56 pm

I've noticed that when I drag a loop brace around in an audio clip, the start marker tends to somehow move independently of the loop start, and often ends up in a different position. It's nice to be able to have separate loop & clip start points, but is there any way to sort of 'pin' the start marker to the loop start so that they are always the same?
the_planet wrote:Trap music is not supported in the current version.

Matt_Quinn
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Re: Why doesn't the clip start marker move with the loop brace?

Post by Matt_Quinn » Thu Nov 15, 2012 3:05 pm

I'm talking about clips that *are* looped. IE when you have a whole song warped & looped, if you drag the loop brace around, the start marker doesn't follow the loop start marker.
the_planet wrote:Trap music is not supported in the current version.

Matt_Quinn
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Re: Why doesn't the clip start marker move with the loop brace?

Post by Matt_Quinn » Thu Nov 15, 2012 3:20 pm

Yeah, I know about that too. You can also just enter a measure number in the clip's start box and have the loop jump around & they seem to stay together. I prefer to just drag the brace around (I find it faster for getting the bits I want), but it's kind of annoying to have to move the brace AND the start marker each time.
the_planet wrote:Trap music is not supported in the current version.

orbita
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Re: Why doesn't the clip start marker move with the loop brace?

Post by orbita » Fri Nov 30, 2018 5:42 pm

I'm looking for this too - it's really annoying if you are scanning through a longer clip and trying to see what loops sound good in context.

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Re: Why doesn't the clip start marker move with the loop brace?

Post by H20nly » Fri Nov 30, 2018 8:33 pm

@ Matt, you going schizophrenic on us?

regarding the OP, i've seen it happen too but used other ways, like the start box method, to avoid having to learn what i was doing wrong.

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Re: Why doesn't the clip start marker move with the loop brace?

Post by orbita » Fri Nov 30, 2018 8:57 pm

H20nly wrote:@ Matt, you going schizophrenic on us?
hehe , I thought the same :-)

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