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MIDI Effects (MIDI Plug-ins)
Editing MIDI Events and Continuous Controllers (CC)
The Quantize command moves events to (or towards) an evenly-spaced timing grid. The Quantize
effect is similar to the Process > MIDI Effects > Cakewalk FX > Quantize command. For more
information, see “Other Settings” on page 493.
The quantize effect parameters are as follows:
To Quantize MIDI Data
1. Select the data to be affected.
2. Choose Process-Quantize to open the Quantize dialog box.
3. Set the quantization parameters, as described in the table above.
4. Click OK.
SONAR applies the specified quantization to the selected data.
Adding Echo/Delay
Parameter/Option Meaning
Start Times Quantize event start times.
Durations Quantize event durations.
Resolution The spacing of the grid used for quantization.
Tuplet Specify the resolution as a tuplet note, for example 5 notes in the time of 4.
Strength (%) The strength of the adjustments. 100% indicates perfect quantization;
otherwise, the command moves the notes only part way towards the desired
position.
Swing (%) The distortion of timing used to produce a swing feel. A value of 50% indicates
a straight rendition; negative and positive values produce distortion of the timing
grid. For more information about swing, see “Swing” on page 492.
Window (%) The sensitivity of quantization. A value of 100% causes all notes to be
quantized. Lower values cause the effect not to quantize notes that are far from
the timing grid.
Offset (Ticks) The offset of the quantization grid from the start of measure boundaries. A value
of 0 indicates perfect alignment. Values less than 0 shift the grid points earlier;
values greater than 0 shift the grid later.
Randomize Causes a random time offset to be added to or subtracted from each new event
time. You must also specify the maximum offset, as a percentage of the
quantization resolution.
Table 104.