Reference Guide

Groove Quantize dialog
The Process > Groove Quantize command opens the Groove Quantize dialog box. Groove
Quantizing is a way to edit a track so that its rhythmic feeling and, optionally, controller data are
similar to some other piece of music. The other piece of music forms a groove pattern that you store
in a groove file, which has an extension of .
GRV.
The Groove Quantize dialog box has the following fields:
Presets
Use this field to save or apply a group of settings, which include all the fields in the Groove
Quantize dialog box except Groove File and Groove Pattern. Clicking the disk icon saves the
current group of settings under the name you type into the presets window. Choosing a setting from
the window’s drop-down list applies it to the dialog box. Clicking the X icon deletes the current preset
from the list.
Groove File
Use this field to choose what groove file you want to choose a groove pattern from. Groove files
have the extension .GRV.
Groove Pattern
Use this field to choose the pattern you want to apply to the selected data.
Resolution
Set the note resolution. The smaller the note value, the more precise the quantization. See
Resolution.
Window
This field determines what SONAR does to notes that are far from the quantization points. See
Window. The Window fields include the following:
• Sensitivity. This value determines how far from the quantization grid SONAR looks to find
notes to quantize. A value of 100 percent quantizes every note. See Window.
• If Outside Window. This field offers the following choices:
• Do not change. Choosing this option means that SONAR leaves notes alone that lie outside