Set loop position 1.1.1 to position of clip start marker.

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sjursju
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Set loop position 1.1.1 to position of clip start marker.

Post by sjursju » Wed Aug 15, 2012 12:17 pm

I love playing around with the start marker in session view to make things fit together in new ways. But I think it's usually easier to make further edits when the grid lines up with the beat. Instead of changing this manually, puting the clip into arangement view -> adjusting -> moving back to session view, I would like a button that does it for me in clip view. Maybe it could be included in the consolidate command, so that when you move the start marker in a clip and then consolidate that clip, the clip rearranges itself accordingly.

slippyd
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Re: Set loop position 1.1.1 to position of clip start marker.

Post by slippyd » Sat May 18, 2013 6:46 am

I believe this is what you need.  First, find or make a warp marker exactly where you want 1.1.1 to be.  Then right-click it and choose “Set 1.1.1 Here”.

sjursju
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Re: Set loop position 1.1.1 to position of clip start marker.

Post by sjursju » Mon May 27, 2013 10:09 pm

Well, I don't really see what difference this makes visually. You get minus values before the start marker which is just as confusing.

What I do now is that I duplicate the loop. Halve the loop brace so it is it's original length. Then move the brace to the section I want, with the 1.1.1 of the beat where I want it. And then I crop the clip. This gives the result I want. It's a lot easier to read a loop like that when you want to further add to the beat or whatever it is you're working on. That the start is actually at the start of the window, that's what I mean.

erikomic
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Re: Set loop position 1.1.1 to position of clip start marker.

Post by erikomic » Thu May 30, 2013 7:07 am

you should consider slyppid's answer and explore the "set1.1.1 here" features and warp markers...it is really faster that way.

You don't have to go to arrangement window to do what you are doing.

-Select range you want to loop (in your clip in session view)
-cmd L > so the loop adapts to the actual selected range
-Ctrl-click (mac) on the selected range.
-Crop sample...

But you'll never get the little missing attack back if it's missing with cropped sammple.
This is like the difference between "non-destructive" and "destructive" editing.
Of course you can still go trough your samples and find the original one.
Unless you have really long samples or you want to load them into some sampler, and unless you get rid of the original one... (wich almost nobody does) Cropping is just making a shorter duplicate on your HD.

But all paths lead to Rome...

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