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A Few Notes on Quantization
Here are a few points worth noting on quantization:
▪ The use of quantization notably depends on the music style of your song: In some cases,
the rhythm must be perfectly tight, while in other cases, half-quantization (or even no
quantization at all) would fit best.
▪ For now, we haven't selected any event yet, and quantization (or half-quantization) was ap-
plied to all events — in other terms, to the whole Pattern. If by chance you selected some
events in your Pattern, quantization would be applied to these events only! This can be very
useful if you want to build a tight rhythmic basis (e.g., kick and snare) while keeping spe-
cific events or Sounds "out of rhythm" (e.g., ornaments, slightly shifted hi-hat...). This can
help create a powerful groove. For more information on selecting particular events in a Pat-
tern, please refer to the Manual.
▪ You can change the resolution of the subdivisions to which events will be quantized. We
will tackle this in ↑7.2, Adjusting the Step
▪ You can also quantize events directly when playing on the pads and/or recording! By de-
fault, this option is disabled. You can enable it in Preferences > Defaults > Input > Quan-
tize. Please refer to the Manual for more information.
4.1.3.1 Quantizing the Rhythm in the MASCHINE Software
Zooming In Your Pattern
To check this, let's zoom on specific parts of our Pattern in the software. Go to the bottom of
the Pattern Editor in the software where you find the horizontal scroll bar which can also be
used as a Zoom tool:
The Zoom Tool in the Pattern Editor.
Click either end of the horizontal scroll bar, hold the mouse button, and then drag your
►
mouse left or right to zoom in/out.
Grid.
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Creating Beats
Fine-tuning our First Pattern