Apple Logic Pro X - Manual (Page 330)

Chapter 10 Create a song arrangement 330
Work with groove templates
Create groove templates
You can create quantization grids, called groove templates, based on the rhythms of audio or
MIDI regions. Groove templates make it possible to capture the small timing deviations that give
a region its “feel,” and apply that feel to other audio or MIDI regions. You can even take the feel
from an audio region and apply it to a MIDI region—helping a MIDI clavinet part to sit well with
a funk guitar Apple Loop, for example.
You can also select multiple regions to create a groove template, and all of them will contribute
their transients or notes to the new groove template. When there are multiple transients or
MIDI notes around the same musical position, however, only the first will be evaluated for the
groove template.
Tip: Two-bar MIDI regions work particularly well for groove templates, but you can use MIDI
regions of any length. Make sure that the source MIDI region actually contains a note at every
desired quantization value.
Create a groove template
1 Select the audio or MIDI region or regions you want to create a groove template from.
If you select multiple regions, the transients or notes from all the selected regions are used for
the groove template. When there are multiple transients or MIDI notes around the same musical
position, however, only the first will be evaluated for the groove template.)
2 In the Region inspector, choose a quantization value from the Quantize pop-up menu.
3 Open the Quantize pop-up menu again, and choose Make Groove Template (or use the
corresponding key command).