User Manual

Chapter 33: Beat Detective 737
7 To affect how strongly the clips are conformed
to the groove template, select the
Timing option
and specify a percentage value with either the
slider or by typing in a value:
• Lower percentage values preserve the original
feel of the clips.
• Higher percentage values align the clips more
tightly to the groove templates grid, with 100%
aligning precisely to the template grid.
• If the slider is set to 200%, clips move to a loca-
tion that is twice the difference between the orig-
inal clip location and the position of the
referenced template event.
For example, if a note was played at Bar 1|1|060 (a
16th note), and the corresponding template event is
at 1|1|073, a slider value of 100% results in the note
being shifted to 1|1|073; a slider value of 200%
shifts the note to 1|1|086.
8 To conform the material before applying the
groove template, enable the
Pre-Process Using
Standard Conform
option.
With this option enabled, Beat Detective conforms
clips to the current Standard Conform settings be-
fore applying the groove template. For material in
which the performance was not accurate, enabling
Pre-Process Using Standard Conform can lead to
better results by ensuring that the performance is
accurately mapped to the correct bars, beats, and
sub-beats before the groove template is applied.
Experimentation is the best way to determine when
it is appropriate to use this option.
9 Click Conform to automatically conform all
clips in the selection.
10 Audition the new conformed clips by clicking
Play in the Transport.
11 Do one of the following:
• If necessary, select
Edit > Undo, and repeat steps
4–9 trying a different groove template or Groove
Conform settings.
• If necessary, apply Edit Smoothing (see “Edit
Smoothing” on page 737).
Edit Smoothing
(Audio Only)
After clips are conformed, there may be gaps be-
tween the clips. These gaps can cause the material
to sound unnatural on playback.
Beat Detective can automatically fill the gaps
between clips, and even add crossfades if you
choose. The
Edit Smoothing option can be used
with clips that have been conformed, or with a
track that contains many clips that need to be
trimmed and crossfaded (such as in a sound effects
track). This automated process of smoothing clip
edits can save many hours of tedious editing.
When conforming an audio passage to a
heavily swung groove template, enabling
Pre-Process using Standard Conform will
often yield better results.
Beat Detective, Smoothing options