Native Instruments MASCHINE MK3 Getting Started page 77

5.1.3.2 Quantizing the Rhythm using the Controller
Quantizing Your Pattern
The process of quantization (sometimes called "note snap") consists of forcing events to stick
to the beats or to their subdivisions. This ensures that the rhythm is perfectly tight. On your
controller, do the following:
To quantize the events of your Pattern, press
►
Your Pattern now plays perfectly tight. In the Pattern Editor, you can see that all events
→
now are exactly on the beats or their subdivisions.
Quantizing Your Pattern, but Not Too Much
Sometimes, having beats perfectly tight might sound too "mechanical" and dull. Indeed, the
groove often comes from all these little imperfections in the rhythm. Hence, to avoid losing the
Pattern's groove, MASCHINE lets you half-quantize your events: Events are moved half way to-
ward the closest beat/subdivision. Thus, you get a tighter rhythm while keeping its human
touch and groove.
To half-quantize the events of your Pattern, press
►
You can apply half quantization several times in a row: Each time, events will move half of the
remaining way to the beats/subdivisions.
Here is the effect of half-quantization and quantization on an event:
Original event, half-quantized event, and quantized event.
At any time, don't hesitate to undo/redo your last action(s) by pressing
and SHIFT + pad 2, respectively.
SHIFT + pad 5.
SHIFT + pad 6.
SHIFT
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Creating Beats
Fine-tuning your First Pattern
+ pad 1