Groove Quanitize

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2012/12/13 11:35:44 (permalink)

Groove Quanitize

In all my years of using Sonar, I have never used Grooze Quantize.
 
Can someone give me a simple example of what this is for and how you would use it?
 
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    Re:Groove Quanitize 2012/12/13 19:07:15 (permalink)
    You've heard of tone-deafness, right? Well, Groove Quantize is for people who are groove-deaf.  If you've never used it, you probably don't need it. 

    But, seriously, Groove Quantize is designed to allow you to match the rhythmic feel of a MIDI or audio track to the rhythm pattern in another MIDI or audio track as an alternative to quantizing everything to/toward an evenly-spaced grid. You can quantize to a saved file or to something in your clipboard that you've copied from a MIDI track or from transients in an audio track. But it's the interplay in timing of different tracks/instruments that makes a good groove, so it has limited usefulness as far as I'm concerned. 

    I think it's mostly useful if you're starting with a hard-quantized loop that needs some "feel" added to it. If you record everything live in real time, it's probably already got the feel it needs.

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    Re:Groove Quanitize 2012/12/14 02:29:35 (permalink)
    It may also come in handy if you have live tracked a take and prefer a particular verse or chorus 'feel' from one of the verse/chorus sections over the others.

    Rather than just copy and paste a section extract the groove and apply it to the other sections. That way you have the variations but with the same vibe or j'ne sais quoi.

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    Re:Groove Quanitize 2012/12/15 22:55:42 (permalink)
    Interesting.  Thanks guys.

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    Re:Groove Quanitize 2012/12/15 23:16:15 (permalink)
    It's used in electronic music to add feel to the midi grid. Say you have a kick that's 4/4 and a snare hitting on 2 and 4, you would use quantize on the high hat to 'push' the notes either behind or ahead of the beat. Classic disco.

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