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Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- About this manual
- Setting up your system
- VST Connections
- The Project window
- Working with projects
- Creating new projects
- Opening projects
- Closing projects
- Saving projects
- The Archive and Backup functions
- Startup Options
- The Project Setup dialog
- Zoom and view options
- Audio handling
- Auditioning audio parts and events
- Scrubbing audio
- Editing parts and events
- Range editing
- Region operations
- The Edit History dialog
- The Preferences dialog
- Working with tracks
- Playback and the Transport panel
- Recording
- Quantizing MIDI and audio
- Fades and crossfades
- The arranger track (Cubase Elements only)
- Using markers
- The Mixer
- Audio effects
- VST instruments and instrument tracks
- Automation
- Audio processing and functions
- The Sample Editor
- The Audio Part Editor
- The Pool
- The MediaBay
- Working with track presets
- Remote controlling Cubase
- MIDI realtime parameters
- Using MIDI devices
- MIDI processing
- The MIDI editors
- Introduction
- Opening a MIDI editor
- The Key Editor – Overview
- Key Editor operations
- The Drum Editor – Overview
- Drum Editor operations
- Working with drum maps
- Using drum name lists
- Working with SysEx messages
- Recording SysEx parameter changes
- Editing SysEx messages
- The Score Editor – Overview
- Score Editor operations
- Editing tempo and signature
- Export Audio Mixdown
- Synchronization
- Video
- ReWire (not in Cubase LE)
- File handling
- Customizing
- Key commands
- Index
90
Quantizing MIDI and audio
Introduction
What is quantizing?
Quantizing is a function that moves recorded audio or
MIDI, positioning it on the nearest grid position that is mu
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sically relevant. Quantizing can be used to correct errors,
or in a creative way.
In Cubase, you can quantize audio and MIDI to a grid (see
“Options for quantizing to a musical grid” on page 93) or
to a groove (see “Options for quantizing to a groove” on
page 94).
Audio and MIDI can be quantized at the same time. How-
ever, what exactly happens during quantizing differs for
audio and MIDI:
• Audio quantizing affects the audio event starts (see
“Audio – quantizing audio event starts” on page 91).
• MIDI quantizing can affect the starts of MIDI events in a
part (see “MIDI – quantizing MIDI event starts” on page
91), the MIDI event lengths (see “Quantize MIDI Event
Lengths” on page 91), or the MIDI event ends (see
“Quantize MIDI Event Ends” on page 91).
Ö When you apply quantizing, the result is based on the
original position of the events. Therefore, you can freely try
out different quantize settings without the risk of “destroy
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ing” anything.
Where are the quantize functions located?
Quantize functions on the Edit menu
• To apply the quantize function, you can either open the
Edit menu and select Quantize, or use the default key
command [Q].
• To apply one of the advanced quantizing functions,
open the Edit menu and select the desired function on the
Advanced Quantize submenu.
Quantize functions on the toolbar
The Quantize section on the Project window toolbar pro-
vides the following parameters:
• The “Q” button
If you click the “Q” button, it toggles to “iQ”. This changes the mode from
default to iterative quantize (see
“iQ option and Iterative Strength set-
ting” on page 93).
• The Quantize Presets pop-up menu
On this pop-up menu, you can select a preset for quantizing (see “Quan-
tize Presets pop-up menu” on page 92).
• The “Open Quantize Panel” button
By clicking on this button you can open the Quantize Panel (see “The
Quantize Panel” on page 92).