editing audio loops.

editing audio loops.

Customizing Templates:

Editing Audio Loops

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The auclio file used for the audio loops in many of the templates are contained in a folder name “Sounds”, You can delete this file and replace it with another auclio fie if you want to use a different auclio loop for the template If you do this, be sure to set the Identifier as shown next

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