Instruction Manual

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Glossary
quantize
Correct human imperfection in start and duration of selected notes so they
line up with a specified time grid.
quantize resolution
Smallest note or number of ticks you want effective in a piece for quantizing
purposes.
quantize strength
Measure of how much an adjustment should approach perfection.
See To Use the Groove Quantize Command
record
Capture audio or MIDI sound in a reproducible fashion.
riff wave
The standard digital audio format used under Windows and for CD’s, with a
file extension of .wav.
RMS
Short for Root Mean Square. A method of measuring an average of the
amplitudes that occur in a complete cycle of a frequency. RMS is a little
over seventy per cent of peak level.
RPN
Registered Parameter Numbers.
See Controllers, RPNs, NRPNs, and Automation Data.
ruler
Bar showing evenly-spaced measure intervals. It appears in the Track,
Staff, and Piano Roll views.
sampling rate
Level of accuracy with which audio data is stored. The higher the better the
sound quality, but the more costly in computer time and memory.
scrub
Drag a vertical bar over the view, so you can hear the notes in the track.
You can scrub forward or backward at any speed.
sensitivity (window)
Distance from a timing grid a note has to be to be unaffected, or affected
less, by quantizing.