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Apple Logic Pro 8 User Manual

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Chapter 19

Quantizing MIDI Events

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 Triplet Quantization: The 1/3, 1/6, 1/12, 1/24, 1/48, and 1/96 note settings quantize

the MIDI region to triplet note values. A 1/6 note is equivalent to a quarter triplet, 1/
12 note to an eighth triplet, 1/24 note to a sixteenth triplet and 1/48 note to a thirty-
second triplet.

 Mixed Quantization: The 8 & 12 setting corresponds to eighths and eighth triplets, 16

& 12 to sixteenths and eighth triplets and 16 & 24 to sixteenths and sixteenth triplets.
Mixed quantization always applies to both note values, and requires greater playing
precision when recording.

 Odd Quantization: The 9-Tuplet setting denotes novetuplets (1 bar = 9 beats), 7-

Tuplet is septuplets (1 bar = 7 beats), 5-Tuplet/4 is quarter quintuplets (1 bar = 5
beats), and 5-Tuplet/8 is eighth quintuplets (1 bar = 10 beats).

 Swing Quantization: The 8F, 8E, 8D, 8C, 8B, 8A, and 16F to 16A Swing settings delay

the position of every second point in the quantization grid by a fixed percentage.
The 8 or 16 denotes an eighth or sixteenth note quantize value. You can also
manually alter the swing factor of any quantize value (see “

Fine-Tuning the

Quantization Grid

” on page 456).

If you want to quantize various parts of a MIDI region differently:

1

Divide the MIDI region with the Scissors tool, and use different quantization settings on
each segment (each new region).

2

You can then recombine the segments of the original region with the Glue tool.

This maintains the quantize values of each segment.

An alternate method is to perform event-level quantization in the MIDI editing
windows (see “

Event and Note Quantization

” on page 459).

Quantize setting

Swing percentage

8F or 16F

71%

8E or 16E

66%

8D or 16D

62%

8C or 16C

58%

8B or 16B

54%

8A or 16A

50%