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► Press SHIFT + QUANT.
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→ Your Pattern now plays perfectly tight. In the Pattern Editor, you can hear that all events
now are exactly on the beats or their subdivisions.
Adding Half Quantization
Sometimes, having beats perfectly tight might sound too “mechanical” and dull. Indeed, the
groove often comes from all these little imperfections in the rhythm. Hence, to avoid losing the
Pattern’s groove, MASCHINE JAM allows you to half-quantize your events: Events are moved
half way toward the closest beat/subdivision. Therefore, you get a tighter rhythm while keeping
its human touch and groove.
► To half-quantize the events of your Pattern, press SHIFT + QUANT 50%.
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→ You can apply half-quantization several times in a row: Each time, events will move half
of the remaining way to the beats/subdivisions.
7.4.3 Doubling a Pattern
Your controller provides a useful shortcut to double the length and content of the current Pat-
tern. In the software, you can do this for example by copying all events, putting the Playhead
indicator at the end of the Pattern, and pasting the events (the Pattern Length is automatically
doubled).
To double the length and content of a Pattern:
1. Press the SONG button to enter Project view.
2. Select the desired Pattern by pressing it on the 8x8 click-pad matrix.
Recording and Editing Patterns
Editing a Pattern
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