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nearest grid location; release times are left
unchanged. Choosing to change release times
causes them to be moved to the nearest grid
location; attack times are left unchanged. Both of
these operations cause an automatic change in note
durations.
Figure 48-13: An example of quantizing with and without quantizing
the releases.
You can choose not to change the original
durations. This prevents durations from being
truncated, which may cause the notes to sound
chopped.
Note that if you choose to change both the attack
and release times, the Don’t change note durations
option is automatically disabled. This is due to the
nature of the operation: if you change both the
attack and release times of a note, the durations
will automatically be modified.
Quantizing soundbites
When quantizing soundbites, only their location is
adjusted: their duration, and the beats within the
soundbite, are not affected.
Quantizing beats within soundbites
For audio that has been beat-analyzed by Digital
Performer’s Beat Detection Engine, quantizing
beats within soundbites affects the beats without
splitting up the soundbite into smaller soundbites.
Instead, time-stretching is applied between beats to
stretch and shrink them as necessary to move the
beat to the nearest quantize grid location. For
further details, see “Quantizing beats within
soundbites” on page 669.
Excluding soundbites
If you don’t wish to affect soundbites at all with the
Quantize operation, use the Exclude Soundbites
option (Figure 48-12 on page 579).
Custom edit filter
Check the Custom edit filter option to display the
additional options shown in Figure 48-12 on
page 579.
Including audio automation data
If you wish audio effect plug-in automation data to
move along with its associated soundbite when the
soundbite gets quantized, check the Move audio
effect plug-in automation with soundbites option
(Figure 48-12 on page 579). This preserves the
timing between a soundbite and any simulta-
neously occurring automation data affecting it.
This option also applies when quantizing beats
within a soundbite: automation data affecting a
certain beat will move with the beat when it is
quantized.
Quantizing MIDI controllers
When quantizing MIDI controller data, you have
two options:
Move MIDI controller events with notes
With this option, MIDI controller data moves
along with its associated note when the note gets
quantized. This preserves the timing between a
note and any simultaneously occurring controller
data affecting it.
Quantize MIDI controller events to grid
With this option, controllers shift their position to
the nearest grid location, according to quantize
options such as Sensitivity and Offset, just like
Original music