Quantize - Emagic Logic fun User Manual

Chapter 4
MIDI Tutorial
Try out the selection functions with other sequences. You are
now familiar with the most essential Logic funn techniques. In
4.4 Selecting Objects, you can learn more about the selection
functions.

Quantize

Quantizing is the rhythmic correction of notes, by means of a
grid. Logic fun thereby moves all of the notes exactly to their
correct grid positions. We will test this by using the "Groove
Real-time" sequence as an example. The timing in this
sequence is slightly off, so you will use quantization to correct
it.
You can hear this most clearly by enabling the Metronome.
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To do this, click on the metronome button in the Transport
window. It is on the lower right. This is how to enable the
metronome.
Logic fun now sends a metronome note on channel 10 to your
GM tone generator. Solo the drum sequence, as described
above. You can now hear that the groove is not completely
clean.
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In the Sequence parameter box, click-hold in the line Qua.
From the resulting flip menu, select the setting 16D Swing,
and release the mouse button. The quantizesetting is now
displayed in the Sequence parameter box. If you play the
sequence now, it sounds rhythmically perfect.
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Go ahead and try out other quantize values, for example 16,
24, or 7-tuplet, in order to hear the effects of quantizing
Look at the quantize settings of the various song parts. You will
notice that the swing factors—characterized by the alphabetic
character—are chosen differently. The groove factor can there-
fore be varied so that choruses sound like they have more swing
in them than verses do, for example.
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