User guide

Chapter 33 Working With Notation 765
Quantize Default Setting
The Quantize parameter’s Default option can only be set with the Insert Defaults (see
“Default Settings for New MIDI Regions” on page 762). It cannot be set to its Default
value in existing regions. If Default is chosen, the Quantize setting of any new MIDI
region will be dependent on the current division value in the Transport. In this
situation, the Quantize value will always be a hybrid value: The division value currently
set in the Transport window plus—in the case of a binary division value—the next
highest ternary value. In the case of a ternary division value—the binary value, which is
divisible by that particular ternary value.
As examples: A global division value of 1/8 will result in an 8,12 Quantize setting for
new regions, a global division value of 1/12 will become a 4,12 Quantize value, a global
division value of 1/16 will result in a Quantize value of 16,24, 1/24 in 8,24, and so on.
Note: If a particular Quantize value has already been set in the Insert Defaults, all new
regions will be assigned this value, regardless of the division value in the Transport bar.
You may, of course, change any of these values at any time.
Choosing a Quantize Value for Swing Notation
For regular swing notation, 8,12 should be used as Quantize parameter. This enables
the display of eighth-note triplets, and also displays two uneven notes on one beat
(dotted eighth and sixteenth), as regular eighth notes.
For double-time passages containing sixteenth notes, you either need to:
 Cut the MIDI region in the Arrange area, and assign a higher quantize value to the
new MIDI region (that contains the double-time figure).
 Use hidden artificial N-tuplets for the sixteenth notes (see “Creating and Editing N-
Tuplets” on page 731).
For swinging sixteenth notes (shuffle funk, hip hop, and so on), the same principle
applies. In this case, Quantize would be set to 16,24.
Fixing the Score Quantize Value
The Functions > Quantization > Fix Displayed Note Positions and Fix Displayed Note
Positions and Durations commands can be used to fix the display quantization of all
MIDI events in the project. These commands may be useful for exporting projects
(complete with display quantize settings) to other notation programs that don’t feature
display quantization.