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How to auto snap recorded midi notes to the grid
Hi I would have sworn I saw a video or read something that said in Pro Tools 8 you can select a bunch of recorded midi notes and then set them to automatically snap to the closest lines in the grid. I can't find it on the new avid site though. I basicly want to get my live recorded midi notes to be right on the grid lines becuase when I live record them some are slightly off grid.
Is there a feature that does this? I checked the manual but am not sure what it would be called. Thanks |
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Re: How to auto snap recorded midi notes to the grid
Look up "Quantize" in the manual. There are several versions you can use, Input Quantize, Quantize, and two Real-Time Quantize options. There is an option to grid quantize too, called Groove Quantize, which is available in the Quantize windows.
Personally, I rarely want my MIDI performances to be quantized perfectly to the grid. Only machines can play something perfectly. Humans aren't perfect. Great musicians are close and have the ability to put feel (pushing and pulling) into a performance that machines can't (obviously). Many times I will just "quantize" by hand, meaning I go through my performance and when I hear a part I wish I had played better (not being a great musician), I fix it by hand, but rarely perfectly to the grid.
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Re: How to auto snap recorded midi notes to the grid
Awsome thanks, I found it. Yeah I know what you mean sometimes when I start aligning these perfectly to the grid I feel like they kind of get a unnatural sound to them because they are too perfect. I'll have to do some tests and see which I like better. Thanks for the help!!
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Re: How to auto snap recorded midi notes to the grid
When you read about Quantizing, you will see that there are many controls that let you Quantize, but not perfectly, for instance Strength which pulls the events closer to the grid, a setting of 100% moves it perfectly to the grid, where 50% would move it halfway between the events current position and the grid.
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Re: How to auto snap recorded midi notes to the grid
Thanks for the info, that's good to know I've been playing around with those options and they are helpful. Thanks
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Re: How to auto snap recorded midi notes to the grid
Well that would depend on the instrument in play; if its a loop then it needs to be perfect; if its "live sounding" drums then maybe not but jus regular progrrammed drumming then yes it should be..
Piano, keyz strings, NO...
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Re: How to auto snap recorded midi notes to the grid
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Also check out that score editor window.... convert your midi track to a printed music page!!!
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