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MIDI processing and quantizing
• If you activate the “Auto” checkbox in the Quantize Setup
dialog, any change you make in the dialog is immediately
applied to the selected MIDI parts or notes.
A great way of using this feature is to set up a playback loop, and adjust
the settings in the dialog until you get the desired result.
The Auto Quantize function
If you activate the Auto Q button on the Transport panel,
all MIDI recordings you make are automatically quantized
according to the settings you have made in the Quantize
Setup dialog.
Iterative Quantize
Another way to apply “loose” quantization is to use the Iter-
ative Quantize function on the MIDI menu. It works like this:
Instead of moving a note to the closest quantize grid posi-
tion, Iterative Quantize moves it only part of the way. You
specify how much the notes should be moved towards the
grid with the “Iterative Strength” setting in the Quantize
Setup dialog.
Iterative Quantize also differs from “regular” quantization
in that the operation is not based on the notes’ original po-
sitions but on their current, quantized position. This makes
it possible to repeatedly use Iterative Quantize, gradually
moving the notes closer to the quantize grid until you’ve
found the desired timing.
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 16th notes.
3. Here, the quantize value has been set to straight 16th notes with
Swing at 100%.
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.
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When you apply quantize, the result is based on the
original position of the notes. Therefore, you can
freely try out different quantize settings with no risk of
“destroying” anything. See also “Undo Quantize” on
page 329.
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This function is only available from within the MIDI
editors.