Instruction Manual

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Changing the Timing of a Recording
Editing MIDI Events and Controllers
desired position. This lets you “tighten up” the timing as much as you want,
without going too far.
The Groove Quantize command also lets you control the strength of
duration and velocity adjustments. As you work with this command, you will
notice that the note start time has a greater effect than the duration on the
rhythmic feel of the track. For this reason, changing the starting times (time
strength close to 100 percent) has a more noticeable effect than changing
durations (duration strength close to 100 percent). However, there are
situations in which you might want to change both to avoid ending up with
notes that overlap or with unwanted rests.
Swing
Many projects do not have notes positioned on a perfectly even time grid.
For example, projects with a swing feel, though they may be written entirely
in eighth notes, are often played more like eighth-note triplets, with the first
note extended and the second one shortened. The swing option lets you
distort the timing grid so each pair of notes is spaced unevenly, giving the
quantized material a swing feel.
A swing value of 50 percent (the default) means that the grid points are
spaced evenly. A value of 66 percent means that the time between the first
and second grid points is twice as long as the time between the second and
third points.
Window
When you quantize some portion of a project, you might not want to adjust
notes that are very far from the grid. The window, or sensitivity, setting
lets you choose how close to the resolution grid a note must be located for
quantize to move it.
Swing = 50%
Swing = 66%
Swing = 33%