Specifications

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Quantizing Clips to Grid
The Quantize to Grid command adjusts the place-
ment of selected audio and MIDI clips so that their
start points (or sync points, if present) align pre-
cisely to the nearest Grid boundary.
To quantize individual MIDI notes or Elastic Au-
dio Events, use the Quantize Event Operations.
You can also use the Quantize Event Operation to
quantize audio clips (see “Quantize Command” on
page 904).
To quantize one or more clips:
1 Select the Grid value (see “Defining the Grid
Value” on page 829).
2 With the Selector or Time Grabber tool, select
the clip or clips you want to quantize. The clips
can be on multiple tracks. Only clips that are en-
tirely selected will be quantized.
3 Choose Clip > Quantize to Grid. Clip start times
(or sync points) are aligned to the nearest
boundaries for the defined Grid.
For MIDI clips, only the clips are quantized and all
MIDI data contained within the clips (such as
notes) are moved equally, thereby retaining their
rhythmic relationships.
For Elastic Audio clips, only the clips are quan-
tized and all Elastic Audio Events contained within
the clips (such as transient events) are moved
equally, thereby retaining their rhythmic relation-
ships.
Editing Stereo and
Multichannel Tracks
Clips on individual channels within stereo and
multichannel tracks cannot be independently se-
lected. All selections for these tracks are time-
based, which means that selections made with the
Selector or Time Grabber tool extend to each and
every channel in the track.
When clips in multichannel tracks are edited with
any of the Trim tools or dragged with the Time
Grabber tool, material on all channels is affected
equally as a group.
Split Selected Tracks
To edit a specific channel within a stereo or
multichannel track without affecting the other
channels, you can split the track into separate
mono tracks. Once the edits have been made to the
separated material, you can then drag or copy it
back to the original multichannel track.
To split a stereo or multichannel track:
1 Select one or more stereo or multichannel tracks
(see “Selecting Tracks” on page 227).
2 Choose Track > Split Into Mono. Clips from the
channels on the selected tracks are placed on
new, mono audio tracks.
Names for the new tracks are based on the source
track name and channel suffix. For example, if a
stereo track called “Funkit” is split, two new tracks
called “Funkit.L” and “Funkit.R” are created.
Press Control+0 (Windows) or
Command+0 (Mac) to Quantize to Grid.
To quantize individual MIDI notes or Elastic
Audio Events, use the Quantize Event Opera-
tions. You can also use the Quantize Event
Operation to quantize audio clips. For more
information see “Quantize Command” on
page 904).