
Adding loops to the timeline
When you find a loop you want to use, you can add it to the timeline of your project.
To add a loop to the timeline, do one of the following:
- Drag a Real Instrument loop (with a blue soundwave icon) to a Real Instrument track, so the left edge of the loop aligns with the point in the timeline where you want the loop to start playing.
- Drag a Software Instrument loop (with a green note icon) to a Software Instrument track, so the left edge of the loop aligns with the point in the timeline where you want the loop to start playing. You can also add a Software Instrument loop to a Real instrument track, which converts it to a Real Instrument loop.
- Drag the loop to an empty area of the timeline, below the existing tracks. A new track of the appropriate type (Real or Software Instrument) is created, and the loop is added to the new track. The track is given default instrument, effect, and input settings. You can change these settings in the Track Info pane.
Real Instrument regions, including regions created by adding loops, cannot overlap in the same track in the timeline. If you drag a loop so that it overlaps another region, the region being overlapped will be shortened.
You can convert Software Instrument loops to Real Instrument loops when you add them to the timeline. To learn how, see Related Topics below.
Related Topics
Converting Software Instrument loops to Real Instrument loops
