Apple Logic Express 7 - Manual (Page 377)

Chapter 15 Score Editor 377
Qua—Display Quantization
This parameter determines the shortest note value that can be displayed in the
currently selected MIDI Region (exception: “artificial” N-tuplets, see the “Artificial” N-
Tuplets to Bypass Display Quantization section (see “N-Tuplets” on page 352)).
The Qua value is selected from a pull-down menu, which contains all available display
quantization options. Among these there are binary quantizations (displayed as one
binary value—16 or 128), and hybrid quantizations (two values combined, a binary and
a ternary value—16,24 or 32,96).
Binary values always correspond to the note value with the same denominator—32 =
thirty-second note, and so on. Ternary values refer to triplets. Here is a list of the ternary
values, and their corresponding triplet values:
“Qua” Setting and corresponding Note Length:
Automatic Display of Triplets
When binary display quantizations are used, automatic triplets are not displayed at all
(except for triplets inserted with the mouse, using an N-tuplet object). Therefore, a
“hybrid” quantization value must be assigned to the Qua parameter, to enable the
automatic display of triplets.
Default Setting
The Qua parameter cannot be set to it’s default in existing Regions, as it could in older
versions of Logic. The default option can only be set with the Insert Defaults, which
determine the default settings for newly recorded or created Regions. If default is
chosen, the Qua setting of any new MIDI Region will be dependent on the Global
Display Value in the Transport window. In this situation, the Qua value will always be a
hybrid value: the global display value currently set in the Transport window plus—in
the case of a binary global value—the next highest ternary value, or—in the case of a
ternary global value—the binary value which is divisible by that particular ternary
value.
3 1/2-note triplets
6 1/4-note triplets
12 1/8-note triplets
24 1/16-note triplets
48 1/32-note triplets
96 1/64-note triplets
192 1/128-note triplets
384 1/256-note triplets