Sony 7 manual Creating a sustaining loop with a release loop

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Creating a sustaining loop with a release loop

To add a release loop to the sustaining loop created in the previous procedure, you must reconfigure the dialog and rearrange the loop tags in the data window.

Configuring the dialog

1.Right-click either of the loop tags and chose Edit from the shortcut menu. The Edit Sample dialog appears.

2.In the Edit Sample dialog, select the Sustaining with Release radio button.

3.Verify that the Release radio button is selected in the Loop to edit area of the dialog.

4.Select the Loop count radio button. The edit box is activated.

5.Enter a value of 5 in the Loop count box and click OK. Both loops (sustaining and release) are configured.

Arranging the loop tags

Once the dialog is properly configured to support a release loop, release loop tags are created in the data window beneath the sustaining loop tags. The sustaining and release loops temporarily contain identical data.

1.Drag the sustaining loop end tag toward the left side of the data window to reveal the release loop end tag.

Drag the sustaining loop end tag

Release loop end tag

The release loop end tag is revealed

2.Drag the sustaining loop start tag toward the right side of the data window. This reveals the release loop start tag.

3.Arrange the loop tags so that the snare hit is contained within the sustaining loop and the cymbal crash is contained within the release loop.

Arrange the sustaining and release loops in the data window

4.Click the Play as Sample button ( ) in the playbar. The entire file plays with the snare hit repeated ten times followed by the cymbal crash five times.

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