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MIDI processing and quantizing
Setting up quantize on the toolbar
At its most basic, setting up quantizing consists of select-
ing a note value from the Quantize pop-up menu on the
toolbar (in the Project window or a MIDI editor).
This allows you to quantize to exact note values (straight,
triplet or dotted notes) only.
Setting up quantize in the Quantize Setup
dialog
If you want more options than those available on the pop-
up menu, select “Quantize Setup…” from the MIDI menu
(or “Setup…” from the Quantize pop-up menu) to open
the Quantize Setup dialog.
Ö Any settings you make in the dialog are immediately
reflected in the Quantize pop-up menus. However, if you
want your settings permanently available on the Quantize
pop-up menus, you have to use the presets functions (see
“Presets” on page 174).
The grid display in the middle of the dialog shows one bar
(four beats), with blue lines indicating the quantize grid
(the positions that notes will be moved to). Value changes
in the grid, presets and quantize options will be graphically
reflected here, see below.
The Quantize Setup dialog contains the following settings:
The Grid and Type pop-ups
These are used to determine the basic note value for the
quantizing grid. In other words, these have the same func-
tionality as the Quantize pop-up menu on the toolbar.
Swing
The Swing slider is only available when a straight note
value is selected for the grid and Tuplet is off (see below).
It lets you offset every second position in the grid, creating
a swing or shuffle feel. When you adjust the Swing slider,
the result is shown in the grid display.
A straight eighth note grid compared with a grid with 60% swing.
Tuplet
Allows you to create more rhythmically complex grids by
dividing the grid into smaller steps.
Magnetic Area
This allows you to specify that only notes within a certain
distance from the grid lines should be affected by quantiz-
ing.
• When the slider is set to 0%, the Magnetic Area func-
tion is deactivated, i.e. all notes are affected by quantizing.
If you move the slider gradually to the right, you will note how the mag-
netic areas are shown around the blue lines in the grid display.
Only notes within the indicated zones will be affected by quantizing.