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Odd Quantization
The 9-Tuplet setting means novetuplets (1 bar = 9 beats), 7-Tuplet is septuplets (1 bar =
7 beats), 5-Tuplet/4 is quarter quintuplets (1 bar = 5 beats), and 5-Tuplet/8 is eighth
quintuplets (1 bar = 10 beats).
Applying the Quantization Settings
In the same way that other Region parameters can be normalized, the quantization
settings can also be applied permanently to stored data.
To do this, use the Apply Quantization Settings Destructively key command.
Of course, once this is done, it is impossible to revert to the original recording, unless
you use Undo immediately after performing the operation.
Pre-Quantization
The Apply Quantization Settings Destructively function is especially well suited to pre-
quantization. As an example, if a recorded MIDI Region cannot be quantized to a 1/16
swing without producing a few incorrectly timed notes, quantize it to 1/16th notes and
then use Apply Quantization Settings Destructively. You can now apply any swing
quantization to this cleaned-up version of the MIDI Region.
If you are recording a hi-hat pattern consisting of 1/16 notes and one single 1/32 note,
first play the rhythm (quantized to 1/16 notes) without the 1/32 note and choose Apply
Quantization Settings Destructively. You can now raise the quantization to 1/32 notes,
and add the extra note without incorrectly quantizing any badly-played 1/16 notes.
Folders
Overview
A folder is a Region that can contain other Regions, much like a folder in the Finder
that can contain other folders or files.
One way to imagine a folder is as a song within a song. A folder can have as many
tracks, featuring Regions, as required. When opened, folders look just like the Arrange
area and track list in a song.
Within a track of the song, a folder looks like a MIDI Region, but has a dotted surface.
This could contain tracks like trumpet, saxophone, and trombone arranged into a brass
section, or 14 tracks of drum instruments, which you may want to treat as a single drum
pattern Region.