Fit Improvisation - CAKEWALK PRO AUDIO User Manual

Fixing a bad verse. Copy a good verse to the Clipboard. Then change
the selected range to cover only the bad verse. Perform a groove quantize
using the Clipboard contents as the groove source. The rhythms of the
two verses then match.
Working with audio drum loops. Create an audio drum loop. Use
Edit-Audio-Remove Silence to isolate each beat into its own unique
event, and use Audio-Extract Timing to create a MIDI groove. Groove
quantize the new ÒexplodedÓ drum loop.

Fit Improvisation

Pro Audio lets you record music from a MIDI controller without
requiring that you use a Þxed tempo. In fact, if you record without using
a metronome, you are very likely to end up with a recording that does
not Þt onto a Þxed tempo grid.
The Edit-Fit Improvisation command lets you take a recording like
this one and create a tempo map (with measure and beat boundaries)
that Þts what you played. Your performance is not changed in any way,
even though the note start times and durations are adjusted to Þt the
new tempo map. This is important if you later want to use any of Pro
AudioÕs editing features that depend on a proper tempo map for best
results.
To use this command, you must record a reference track containing a
single clip that matches your original track or tracks but has only a
single note on each beat boundary. You should make sure that the
reference track has one event for every single beat, with no extra beats
or missing beats. The Þrst beat of the reference track should be at
1:01:000. You can use any editing command to adjust the reference
track.
If you want, you can use other types of events as markers on the
reference track, such as a sustain pedal. Remember, however, that MIDI
sustain pedals generate one event when the pedal is pressed and
another when it is released. So if you want to use the sustain pedal for
the reference track, keep this in mind. Click down, up, down, up, for one,
two, three, four.
Remember that the better the quality of your reference track, the better
job the Fit Improvisation command can do. You want each of your
reference track events to be as close as possible to the beat of the music.
Note that some keyboards transmit aftertouch events when you record
your reference track. These extra events will prevent Edit-Fit
Improvisation from working properly. Therefore, you should delete
these events before using this command, or Þlter them out when
recording the reference track (using Options-Global-MIDI).
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