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The options in this section allow you to determine how much of the original performance in
the MIDI le you want to preserve for playback purposes. They do not affect how the
imported MIDI notes are notated, as this is controlled by the quantization options set.
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Player handling
The options in this section allow you to determine the players and layouts to which
instruments in the MIDI le are assigned. For example, if you are importing a MIDI le into
an existing project in order to orchestrate, you might want to activate
Create player group
for new players and deactivate Create part layouts for new players to add a single,
independent group of players without creating any extra part layouts for them.
RELATED LINKS
Changing the sustain pedal controller settings for MIDI recording/import on page 200
MIDI Quantize Options dialog
The MIDI Quantize Options dialog allows you to customize the quantization settings you want
to apply to imported MIDI les and notes input by recording with a MIDI device.
You can open the MIDI Quantize Options dialog in any of the following ways:
●
Click Quantize Options in the MIDI Import Options dialog.
● Click Quantization Options in the Recording subsection of the Play page in Preferences.
NOTE
Your settings are linked between both ways of accessing the dialog.
MIDI Quantize Options dialog
The MIDI Quantize Options dialog contains the following options:
Quantization unit
Allows you to set the smallest beat unit to which you want notes to be quantized. For
example, if the smallest intentional note duration in your imported le is an eighth
note, set Quantization unit to eighth notes.
Project and le handling
File import and export
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