Options For Quantizing to a Musical Grid

• To access the options for quantizing to a musical grid, select a musical time format from the Select Preset pop-up menu on the Quantize Panel.

  

The following options are available:

Grid

Allows you to select the basic value for the quantize grid.

Swing

Offsets every second position in the grid, creating a swing or shuffle feel.

Note

Swing is only available if Grid is set to a straight value and Tuplet is deactivated.

Catch Range

Allows you to set a value that determines that quantizing affects only audio or MIDI within the set distance from the grid lines. This is reflected in the grid display.

Non-Quantize Range

Creates a safe zone before and after the quantize positions. If you specify a distance in ticks (120 ticks = one 16th note), events that lie within this zone are not quantized. This way, slight variations are kept.

Grid display

Shows the quantize grid. Quantized audio or MIDI is moved to the positions indicated by the vertical grid lines.

Tuplet

Creates rhythmically more complex grids by dividing the grid into smaller steps, and thereby creating n-tuplets.

Randomize

Allows you to set a distance in ticks, so that your audio or MIDI is quantized to random positions within the specified distance from the quantize grid. This allows for slight variations and, at the same time, prevents your audio or MIDI from ending up too far away from the grid.

Mode

Applies a loose quantization so that your audio or MIDI moves only part of the way to the closest quantize grid position. The Iterative Strength value to the right determines how close your audio or MIDI moves towards the grid.

Note

Iterative quantizing is based on the current, quantized positions and not on the original event positions. You can repeatedly use the iQ mode to gradually move your audio or MIDI closer to the quantize grid until you have found the right timing.

AudioWarp

Quantizes the content of your audio event by applying time stretch. The warp markers are aligned with the defined quantize grid.

MIDI CC

Moves controllers related to MIDI notes (pitchbend, etc.) automatically with the notes when these are quantized.

Reset Quantize

Resets your audio or MIDI to its original, unquantized state.

Important

This function has no effect on an event that was moved manually.

Auto

Applies any changes immediately to the selected parts or events. A way of using this feature is to set up a playback loop and adjust the settings until you are satisfied with the result.

Quantize

Applies your settings.