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<script type=text/javascript>var baseurl="https://prokoudine.github.io/ardour-tutorial/en"</script><script type=text/javascript src=/ardour-tutorial/js/search.js?1647875365></script></div><section id=homelinks><ul><li><a class=padding href=/en><i class="fas fa-home"></i> Home</a></li></ul></section><div class=highlightable><ul class=topics><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/introduction/ title=Introduction class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/introduction/><b>1. </b>Introduction</a><ul><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/introduction/conventions/ title=Conventions class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/introduction/conventions/>Conventions</a></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/introduction/what-is-digital-audio/ title="What is digital audio?" class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/introduction/what-is-digital-audio/>What is digital audio?</a></li></ul></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/getting-started/ title="Getting started" class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/getting-started/><b>2. </b>Getting started</a><ul><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/getting-started/starting-jack/ title="Starting JACK" class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/getting-started/starting-jack/>Starting JACK</a></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/getting-started/starting-ardour-on-ubuntu/ title="Starting Ardour" class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/getting-started/starting-ardour-on-ubuntu/>Starting Ardour</a></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/getting-started/overview-of-the-interface/ title="Overview of the Interface" class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/getting-started/overview-of-the-interface/>Overview of the Interface</a></li></ul></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/starting-sessions/ title="Starting sessions" class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/starting-sessions/><b>3. </b>Starting sessions</a><ul><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/starting-sessions/starting-a-session/ title="Starting a session" class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/starting-sessions/starting-a-session/>Starting a session</a></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/starting-sessions/setting-up-the-timeline/ title="Setting up the timeline" class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/starting-sessions/setting-up-the-timeline/>Setting up the timeline</a></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/starting-sessions/creating-a-track-or-bus/ title="Creating a track or a bus" class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/starting-sessions/creating-a-track-or-bus/>Creating a track or a bus</a></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/starting-sessions/importing-audio/ title="Importing audio" class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/starting-sessions/importing-audio/>Importing audio</a></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/starting-sessions/recording-audio/ title="Recording audio" class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/starting-sessions/recording-audio/>Recording audio</a></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/starting-sessions/understanding-routing/ title="Understanding routing" class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/starting-sessions/understanding-routing/>Understanding routing</a></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/starting-sessions/routing-between-applications/ title="Routing between applications" class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/starting-sessions/routing-between-applications/>Routing between applications</a></li></ul></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/editing-sessions/ title="Editing sessions" class="dd-item
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parent"><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/editing-sessions/><b>4. </b>Editing sessions</a><ul><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/editing-sessions/arranging-tracks/ title="Arranging tracks" class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/editing-sessions/arranging-tracks/>Arranging tracks</a></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/editing-sessions/setting-up-the-meter/ title="Setting up the meter" class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/editing-sessions/setting-up-the-meter/>Setting up the meter</a></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/editing-sessions/using-ranges/ title="Using ranges" class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/editing-sessions/using-ranges/>Using ranges</a></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/editing-sessions/working-with-regions/ title="Working with regions" class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/editing-sessions/working-with-regions/>Working with regions</a></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/editing-sessions/further-region-operations/ title="Further region operations" class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/editing-sessions/further-region-operations/>Further region operations</a></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/editing-sessions/changing-edit-modes/ title="Changing edit modes" class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/editing-sessions/changing-edit-modes/>Changing edit modes</a></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/editing-sessions/creating-looped-sections/ title="Creating looped sections" class="dd-item active"><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/editing-sessions/creating-looped-sections/>Creating looped sections</a></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/editing-sessions/stretching-shrinking-regions/ title="Stretching & shrinking regions" class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/editing-sessions/stretching-shrinking-regions/>Stretching & shrinking regions</a></li></ul></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/mixing-sessions/ title="Mixing sessions" class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/mixing-sessions/><b>5. </b>Mixing 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class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/mixing-sessions/dynamics/>Dynamics</a></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/mixing-sessions/equalizing/ title=Equalizing class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/mixing-sessions/equalizing/>Equalizing</a></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/mixing-sessions/using-automation/ title="Using automation" class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/mixing-sessions/using-automation/>Using automation</a></li></ul></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/exporting-sessions/ title="Exporting sessions" class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/exporting-sessions/><b>6. </b>Exporting sessions</a><ul><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/exporting-sessions/exporting-a-region/ title="Exporting regions" class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/exporting-sessions/exporting-a-region/>Exporting regions</a></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/exporting-sessions/exporting-a-range/ title="Exporting a range" class=dd-item><a 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<span class=links><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/>Home</a> > <a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/editing-sessions/>Editing sessions</a> > Creating looped sections</span></div><div class=progress><div class=wrapper><nav id=TableOfContents><ul><li><a href=#combine-regions>Combine Regions</a></li><li><a href=#consolidating-the-range>Consolidating the Range</a></li><li><a href=#duplicating-the-range>Duplicating the Range</a></li><li><a href=#continuing>Continuing</a></li></ul></nav></div></div></div></div><div id=head-tags></div><div id=body-inner><h1>Creating looped sections</h1><p>You can easily repeat sections of audio in your Ardour session.</p><p>Here, we take the short rhythmic passage we created in <strong>Working with Regions</strong>
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and duplicate it to make a loop.</p><p>Before duplicating the passage, it is a good idea to combine individual
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regions in the same track into a single one: it is easier to move them
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around this way, and it prevents you from accidentally moving a single
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hihat out of place, for example. There are two ways of doing this:
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<strong>Combine Regions</strong> (allows you to “uncombine” later on), and
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<strong>Consolidate Range</strong> (“writes it in stone”, does not allow you to
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separate them later).</p><p>If you are still planning on making alterations to the rhythm (adding,
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removing, or moving individual regions), it may be better to use the
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<strong>Combine</strong> regions option. If you like the sequence the way it is and
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don’t want or don’t care to have the ability to separate them later, use
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<strong>Consolidate Range</strong> option.</p><h2 id=combine-regions>Combine Regions</h2><p>Simply select all the regions you want to combine:</p><p><img src=en/Ardour4_Combine_Regions_1.png alt=combine></p><p>Then go to menu <em>Region > Edit > Combine</em> (or right-click on the
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selected regions and find the same option through the context menu, as
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shown below):</p><p><img src=en/Ardour4_Combine_Regions_2.png alt=combine2></p><p>The combined regions will look like this (note the word “compound”
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appended to the name):</p><p><img src=en/Ardour4_Combine_Regions_3.png alt=combine4></p><p>Should you need to separate them again in the future, simply select the
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compound region and go to the same menu and choose the option
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“<em>Uncombine</em>”.</p><h2 id=consolidating-the-range>Consolidating the Range</h2><p>A more permanent alternative to <strong>Combine</strong> is to use <strong>Consolidate</strong>.
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When you’ve arranged your Regions into a single “loop cycle” and you’re
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satisfied with the sound, create a <strong>Range</strong> with all the regions that
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will make up the loop. First, make sure every Track used in the loop is
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selected. Unselected Tracks are gray, and selected ones are blue. If any
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of the Tracks you used are not selected, hold down the <em>Shift</em> key while
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clicking on them to add them to the selected group. Finally, use the
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Range tool to select the entire loop. </p><p>Once again, the <strong>Grid</strong> setting will help you to set the range
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precisely to the start and end points of your metric bar. Once you have
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the entire loop selected, Right-Click on the range and select
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“<em>Consolidate range</em>”. If you would like any Automation or Plugin
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effects you have added to the loop to be included, select “<em>Consolidate
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range with processing</em>”.</p><p><img src=en/Ardour4_Consolidate_Range_1.png alt=consolidate></p><p>When the range is <strong>Consolidated</strong>, new Regions will appear in each
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Track, each containing all the repetitions of the samples which you set
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up in the previous steps. Remember, once the range is consolidated,
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there is no way to undo this operation. In any case, if you find that
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you need to alter the rhythm in any way, you can always retrieve the
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original individual samples from the Region List and rebuild the pattern
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with them.</p><p><img src=en/Ardour4_Consolidate_Range_2.png alt=consolidate2></p><h2 id=duplicating-the-range>Duplicating the Range</h2><p>After you have merged individual regions that form your pattern (using
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either <strong>Combine</strong> or <strong>Consolidate</strong>), it’s time to duplicate the
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pattern to make it loop for several bars.</p><p>The <strong>Multi-Duplicate</strong> feature (seen in the
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<a href=../working-with-regions/>Working with regions</a> chapter) is a good way
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to accomplish this. Go back to Grab mode (shortcut <strong>G</strong>), select all regions,
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and hit <strong>Shift + D</strong>. Choose how many times you want to duplicate the pattern
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(for example, 16). After duplication our session looks something like this:</p><p><img src=en/Ardour4_Multi-Duplicate.png alt=multi-dup></p><p>Just for review, other options you could have used for duplication are:</p><ul><li><p>The <strong>Fill Track</strong> command from menu <em>Region > Duplicate > Fill
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Track</em>. This would fill the entire track with copies of the selected
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regions, all the way up to the <strong>End Marker</strong>.</p></li><li><p>The single <strong>Duplicate</strong> command from the same menu (shortcut
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“<em>Alt</em>” + “<em>D</em>”). This lets you make a single copy at a time.</p></li><li><p>The single duplicate action with “<em>Control</em>” + <em>Click on the region</em> + <em>Drag a copy</em>.</p></li></ul><h2 id=continuing>Continuing</h2><p>In the next tutorial we will learn about <strong>Stretching/Shrinking
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