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MIDI processing and quantizing
Advanced Quantize functions
Quantize Lengths
This function (on the Advanced Quantize submenu on the
MIDI menu) will quantize the length of the notes, without
changing their start positions. At its most basic level, this
function will set the length of the notes to the Length
Quantize value on the MIDI editor toolbar. However, if you
have selected the “Quantize Link” option on the Length
Quantize pop-up menu, the function will resize the note
according to the quantize grid, taking the Swing, Tuplet
and Magnetic Area settings into account. An example:
1. Length Quantize set to “Quantize Link”.
2. Some 1/16th notes.
3. Here, the quantize value has been set to straight 1/16th notes with
Swing at 100%. Since Snap is activated (see “Snap” on page 343), the
quantize grid is reflected in the note display’s grid.
4. Selecting Quantize Lengths will adjust the note lengths according to
the grid. If you compare the result to the first figure above, you will find
that notes that started within the odd sixteenth note “zones” show the
longer grid length, and notes in the even zones have the shorter length.
Quantize Ends
The Quantize Ends function on the Advanced Quantize
submenu will only affect the end positions of notes. Apart
from that, it works just like regular quantizing, taking the
Quantize pop-up menu setting into account.
Undo Quantize
As mentioned above, the original position of each quan-
tized note is stored. Therefore, you can make the selected
MIDI notes revert to their original, unquantized state at any
time by selecting Undo Quantize from the Advanced
Quantize submenu. This is independent from the regular
Undo History.
Freeze Quantize
There may be situations when you want to make the quan-
tized positions “permanent”. For example, you may want to
quantize notes a second time, having the results based on
the current quantized positions rather than the original po-
sitions. To make this possible, select the notes in question
and select “Freeze Quantize” from the Advanced Quantize
submenu. This makes the quantized positions permanent.
Part to Groove
With this function, you can extract the groove from a se-
lected MIDI part and turn it into a Quantize preset.
You can also extract grooves from audio, using e.g. hit-
points (see “Creating groove quantize maps” on page 257),
or audio parts, rex parts or drum parts that have been pro-
cessed with the Detect Silence function. Since audio con-
tains no velocity information, velocity will remain unchanged
after applying a Groove that you extracted from audio.
In both cases, the resulting groove appears on the Quan-
tize menus and you apply it as you would any Quantize
preset. You can also view and edit the resulting quantize
settings in the Quantize Setup dialog.
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This function is only available from within the MIDI
editors.
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After you have performed a Freeze Quantize for a
note, you cannot undo its quantization.