Reference Guide

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Glossary
Pitch bend
Controller that changes the pitch of a MIDI note.
Pitch marker
A marker in the Time Ruler which transposes the root note pitch of all groove clips and ACIDized
loops in a project.
Pitch wheel
Controller that changes the pitch of a MIDI note.
Port
Computer connector for sending or receiving data.
PPQ
Abbreviation for Parts per Quarter Note. MIDI sequencers divide each beat into fractions of a beat
(called ticks) for timing and editing purposes. You can place events in precise timing locations, up to
the sequencer’s current PPQ. PPQ is adjustable on most sequencers, up to about 960 PPQ. PPQ
values of 96, 120. and 480 are common.
Project pitch
Also known as the default project pitch. The project pitch is the pitch that all groove clips and
ACIDized loops in your project follow if there are no pitch markers in the project. You can set the
project pitch with the Project > Set Default Groove Clip Pitch command.
Property
Any attribute or value belonging to an object. Often you can see these by right-clicking on the object.
Track and clip properties can be set in the Inspector.
Quantize
Correct human imperfection in start and duration of selected notes so they line up with a specified
time grid.
Quantize resolution
Used to set how precise (in notes or ticks) you wish applying quantization to be.
Quantize strength
Measure of how close you wish quantized notes to be in relation to the quantize resolution.
See “To use the Groove Quantize command” on page 701
Record
To capture audio to a digital audio file or store incoming MIDI data in a MIDI track.
RIFF wave
The standard digital audio format used under Windows and for CD’s, with a file extension of .wav.