Selecting a Quantize value

When you move the mouse pointer over the score the Mouse Time Position display in the status line tracks your movement and shows the current position in bars, beats, sixteenth notes, and ticks.

Positioning on screen is controlled by the current Quantize value. If you set this to 1/8, for example, you can only insert and move notes to eighth note positions, at quarter notes, at half bars or at bar positions. It is a good strategy to set the Quantize value to the smallest note value in the project. This does not stop you from inputting notes at “coarser” positions. However, if you set the Quantize value to too small a note value, it is easier to make mistakes.

Figure: With the Quantize value set to 1/8, you can only input notes at eighth note positions.

The Quantize value is set on the toolbar on the “Quantize Presets” pop-up menu:

• You can also assign key commands to the different Quantize values.

  This is done in the Key Commands dialog (in the category “MIDI Quantize”).

• Just like in the other MIDI editors, you can use the Quantize Panel to create other Quantize values, irregular grids, etc.

  However, this is not often used when inputting score notes.