Operation Manual

THE SEQUENCER
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Quantizing
The Quantize function moves recorded notes to (or closer to) exact note value posi-
tions. This can be used for correcting errors, “tightening up” recorded music or
changing the rhythmic feel.
Applying Quantizing
In Reason, you use the Quantize function in the following way:
1. Select the notes you want to quantize.
Only notes will be affected, so you can select Groups or complete Tracks if you
like.
2. Pull down the Quantize pop-up menu on the sequencer toolbar and select a
Quantize value.
This determines to which note values the notes will be moved when you quantize.
For example, if you select sixteenth notes, all notes will be moved to (or closer to)
the closest sixteenth note position.
The Quantize pop-up menu.
3. Select a value from the Quantize Strength pop-up menu.
This is a percentage, governing how much each note should be moved. If you se-
lect 100%, notes will be moved all the way to the closest Quantize value positions;
if you select 50%, notes will be moved half-way, etc.
4. Click the Quantize button or select “Quantize Notes” from the Edit menu.
The selected notes are quantized.
In this example, a sloppily recorded hi-hat pattern is quantized to straight eight notes (Quantize
value 1/8, Strength 100%).
Quantizing to Shuffle
On the Quantize pop-up menu, you will also find an option called “Shuffle”. If this is
selected when you quantize, the notes are moved towards sixteenth note positions,
but with the Shuffle applied.
As described in the Getting Started book, Shuffle creates a “swing feel” by delaying
the even-numbered sixteenth notes (the sixteenth notes that fall in between the eighth
notes). The amount of Shuffle is set with the Pattern Shuffle control on the transport
panel.
The Pattern Shuffle control.
Quantizing to Shuffle is useful if you want to match the timing of recorded notes with
pattern devices in the song (if Shuffle is activated in the patterns).
D The Quantize Strength setting applies as when quantizing to regular
Quantize values.
The Quantize
button