The clip menu in Loop by Zaweba: duplicate, mute, key lock
Right-click any clip in Loop by Zaweba to duplicate, rename, mute, key lock, choose a take or delete it. Ctrl+D duplicates and Delete removes.
Dragging does most of the arranging in Loop by Zaweba loops onto the grid, a clip's right edge to repeat it, the clip itself to move it. The finer jobs live one click away, on the menu that appears when you right-click a clip. It holds six commands: duplicate, rename, mute, key lock, takes and delete.
Two of them also have keys. Ctrl+D duplicates the selected clip and Delete removes it.
Duplicate
Duplicate makes a copy of the clip. It is the quick way to repeat a part you have just edited, such as a drum pattern you tweaked in the piano roll or a riff from the riff editor. Ctrl+D does it from the keyboard. Ctrl-drag on the grid is the other way to copy, useful when you want the copy somewhere specific.
Repeating by dragging the right edge and duplicating are different. Dragging the edge makes one clip play its pattern again and again. Duplicating gives you separate clips, which you can then change independently, for example to vary the last bar of every fourth repeat.
Rename and mute
Clips carry names, and on a busy grid good names save time. Rename a chorus melody "chorus lead" or a recorded part "vocal take two" and you'll find it at a glance later.
Mute silences a clip without removing it. That's ideal for trying the song with and without a part. Mute the bass in the intro to see if the drop hits harder when it comes in; mute a fill to hear if the bar is stronger without it. Unmute to bring it back, with nothing lost.
Key lock
Loops in Loop follow the song's key. When you drop a loop it moves into the song's key, and it follows key changes too. Usually that is exactly what you want. Key lock in the clip menu lets you switch that off for a single clip. You might do that for a sound effect or a drum loop that shouldn't be pitched, or for a part you have deliberately written in a different key.
If a clip sounds out of tune after you have changed things, check whether key lock is off on it.
Takes
When you record over the same place more than once, every pass is kept as a take. The clip menu lets you choose which take plays. Record three attempts at a vocal line or a keyboard part, then pick the best from the menu, without deleting the others. The Instrument tab in Studio mode offers the same choice.
Delete
Delete removes the clip from the grid. Press the Delete key with the clip selected for the same result. If you remove the wrong one, Ctrl+Z undoes it; Loop keeps 100 steps of undo, covering every edit.
Working quickly
A good pattern is to build a section, duplicate it along the grid with Ctrl+D, then use mute and rename to shape the variations. Mute is a gentler tool than delete while you are still deciding, because the part stays in place until you are sure. Everything in this menu works the same in Loop mode and Studio mode in Loop by Zaweba, so you can arrange in whichever view you like.
