Quantizing The Rhythm - Native Instruments MASCHINE MK3 Getting Started

A doubled Pattern with some added side-sticks in bar
When recording, you don't necessarily need to be super-accurate in your playing: The next sec-
tion will show you how the Quantize functions can correct the timing of your playing to a set of
discrete values.
5.1.3

Quantizing the Rhythm

It takes a little practice to be very precise when playing the pads. Sometimes (especially if
you're new to MASCHINE) your timing may be slightly off and this will be evident when you
record your Pattern. MASCHINE has a solution for this! It's called quantization.
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, you haven't selected any event yet, and quantization (or half-quantization) was
applied 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 keep-
ing specific 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 Pattern, please refer to the Manual.
▪ You can change the resolution of the subdivisions to which events will be quantized.
2 for variation.
Creating Beats
Fine-tuning your First Pattern
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