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372Logic Pro User Guide
This function transforms the exact timing of transient markers or notes in the selected
audio or MIDI region into a groove template that can be accessed, and used, like any value
in the Quantize pop-up menu.
Important: The source audio or MIDI region used for a groove template must remain in your
project if you want to use the groove template. If you delete the source region from the
project, the groove template is not removed from the Quantize pop-up menu, but it can no
longer be used. Choosing the groove template from the Quantize pop-up menu produces
no effect.
Remove groove templates from the Quantize pop-up menu
1. In the Logic Pro Region inspector, open the Quantize pop-up menu of any region, and
choose the groove template.
2. Open the Quantize pop-up menu again and choose “Remove Groove Template from
List” (or use the corresponding key command).
The selected source region is deleted from the list of possible quantization templates,
removing it from the Quantize pop-up menu. The region is not removed.
Without changing the actual quantization of that region (or of any other region that may
use that groove template), the previously selected groove template is deleted, and the
region is set to the Quantize value “off (3840).
Share a groove template between projects
1. In Logic Pro, copy or create your source regions in one project.
2. Name these regions with the Text tool.
3. Open the Quantize pop-up menu, then choose Make Groove Template for each source
region (or use the corresponding key command).
4. Pack all of these regions into a folder (and rename the folder Grooves, for example).
5. Choose File > Save As Template.
Use this template as your project starting point whenever you want to access these
quantization templates.
Import groove templates to Logic Pro
You can import third-party groove templates, such as the DNA Groove Templates made by
the Canadian firm WC Music Research.
Import third-party groove templates
1. In Logic Pro, choose File > Import > Other.
2. Choose “DNA Groove Template files” from the Open File pop-up menu, select the file
you want to import, then click Import.
The groove templates are added as MIDI regions on the selected track.
3. To add the groove templates to the Quantize pop-up menu, select a groove template
and then choose Make Groove Template from the Quantize pop-up menu of the Region
inspector.