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Genos Reference Manual 83

MIDI Song Recording/Editing

Function Details

Quantize

The Quantize function allows you to align the timing of all the notes in a channel. For example, if you record the

musical phrase shown below, you may not play it with absolute precision, and your performance may have been

slightly ahead of or behind the precise timing. Quantize is a convenient way of correcting for this.

Touch the [Select] below the instrument icon for the channel to be quantized, and then edit the parameters.

Delete

You can delete the data of the specified channel in the Song. Touch [Delete] and turn it on for the desired channel

whose data you wish to delete, then touch [Execute] to actually delete the data.

Size Selects the quantize size (resolution). For optimum results, you should set the Quantize size to the

shortest note value in the channel. For example, if eighth notes are the shortest in the channel, you

should use eighth note as the Quantize size.

The three Quantize settings marked with asterisks (*) are exceptionally convenient, since they allow

you to quantize two different note values at the same time. For example, when the straight eighth

notes and eighth notes triplet are contained in the same channel, if you quantize by the straight

eighth notes, all notes in the channel are quantized to straight eighth notes—completely eliminating

any triplet feel. However, if you use the eighth note + eighth note triplet setting, both the straight

and triplet notes will be quantized correctly.

Strength Determines how strongly the notes will be quantized. A setting of 100% produces exact timing. If a

value less than 100% is selected, notes will be moved toward the specified quantization beats

according to the specified percentage. Applying less than 100% quantization lets you preserve

some of the “human” feel in the recording.

After 1/8 note quantization

1/4 note

triplet

1/16 note

triplet

1/32 note

1/8 note+

1/8 note triplet*

1/16 note+

1/8 note triplet*

1/16 note+

1/16 note triplet*

1/8 note

triplet

Settings:

Quarter-note length

Original data

(assuming 4/4 meter)

Quantizing

strength =100

Quantizing

strength =50

Quarter-note length