Extracting Groove Templates

To extract a Groove Template:

1 In the Edit window, make an Edit selection (including audio or MIDI). The selection should consist of one or more complete bars, starting and ending on downbeats.

When extracting Groove Templates, the captured selection must not include Bar|Beat Markers. Otherwise, the accuracy of the Groove Template will be compromised.

2 In the Beat Detective window, select Groove Template Extraction.

3 Define or capture the selection as described in Defining a Beat Detective Selection.

4 Configure the Detection options so the selection’s peak transients (or MIDI Note Ons) are accurately detected (see Generating Beat Triggers).

5 Click Extract.

6 In the Extract Groove Template dialog, enter comments about the groove. You can enter a maximum of 255 characters to describe the groove. Comments can be viewed using the Show Info button in the Beat Detective window.

7 Do one of the following:

To save the extracted template for use in the current session, without writing the template file to disk, click Save To Groove Clipboard. (This template will be lost when you close the current session.)

To save the extracted template to disk in order to use it in other sessions or share it with other Pro Tools users, click Save To Disk. Enter a name for the template and click Save. (Do not change the location of DigiGroove template files and folders or they will not be available in your sessions.)

Click Cancel to cancel without saving the template.

Use folders and subdirectories to organize DigiGroove templates. However, be sure they are always located in Applications/Avid/Pro Tools/Grooves (Mac) or C:\Program Files\Avid\Pro Tools\Grooves (Windows). Groove template files located elsewhere will not be available in either Groove Quantize or Beat Detective.