M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio - Manual (Page 816)

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To apply an Event Operations command, do one of
the following:
„ Click Apply or press Enter on the numeric key-
pad. This applies the command and leaves the
window in the foreground.
– or –
„ Press Enter on the alphanumeric keyboard
(Windows) or Return (Mac). This applies the
command and closes the window.
To undo a command in the Event Operations
window:
„ Choose Edit > Undo.
Using the Event Operations Window
Use the following methods to configure options
in the Event Operations window:
‹ To move forward and back through the vari-
ous fields, press Tab or Shift+Tab.
‹ Increment or decrement selected fields with
the Up and Down Arrow keys. Press and hold
these keys to scroll quickly through the values.
‹ Drag up or down in a selected field to scroll to
a new value.
‹ Press Control (Windows) or Command (Mac)
while adjusting sliders for finer resolution.
‹ For selected pitch and velocity fields, play a
note on your MIDI controller keyboard to auto-
matically enter it.
‹ Changing a value for a particular control
(such as the Swing Percentage in the Quantize
window), automatically enables the control.
Quantize
The Quantize command can be applied to MIDI
notes, audio regions, and Elastic Audio events.
For MIDI, quantization adjusts MIDI note loca-
tions and durations so that timing is improved,
or so that a particular rhythmic “feel” is
achieved. For audio regions, quantization ad-
justs the start times (or sync points) of audio re-
gions. For Elastic Audio, quantization adjusts to
the location of detected transient events and ap-
plies Elastic Audio processing accordingly.
The Quantize Event Operations window lets you
apply Grid Quantize based on rhythmic values
(such as 1/16 note) or using Groove Quantize
based on Groove Templates. Slightly different
options are provided for Grid Quantize and
Groove Quantize.
The Quantize Event Operation and Quantize to Grid
commands can both be used to quantize re-
gions. However, each command also has a spe-
cific additional use.
Use the Quantize to Grid command (Region >
Quantize to Grid
) to adjust the start points (or
sync points) for selected regions. The Quantize to
Grid
command can be applied to both MIDI and
audio regions (see “Quantizing Regions to Grid”
on page 505).
The Quantize Event Operation, on the other
hand, can be applied to MIDI notes and Elastic
Audio events individually in addition to audio
region start times (or sync points). Some notes
or events may be moved back in time, others
forward. For MIDI notes only, some may be
shortened, some lengthened, and some more
drastically affected than others.
If the Event Operations window is already
open, you can select any of the pages from
the pop-up menu at the top of the window.
When using the Event Operations window
and MIDI Real-Time Properties at the same
time, Event Operations are applied to the
actual MIDI data. MIDI Real-Time
Properties continue to applied on top of the
actual MIDI data.