Apple Logic Pro 9 - Manual (Page 952)

Corresponding note length Quantize setting
1/128-note triplets 192
1/256-note triplets 384
When binary display quantizations are used, automatic triplets are not displayed at all
(except for triplets inserted with the mouse, using an N-tuplet object).
Important: A hybrid quantization value must be assigned to the Quantize parameter, to
enable the automatic display of triplets.
Quantize Default Setting
The Quantize parameter’s Default option can only be set with the Insert Defaults. (See
Default Settings for New MIDI Regions .) It cannot be set to its Default value in existing
regions. If Default is chosen, the Quantize setting of any new MIDI region is dependent
on the current division value in the Transport bar. In this situation, the Quantize value is
always a hybrid value. In the case of a binary division value, the Quantize value is the
division value currently set in the Transport bar plus the next highest ternary value. In
the case of a ternary division value, it is the division value currently set in the Transport
bar plus the binary value, which is divisible by that particular ternary value.
For example, a global division value of 1/8 results in an 8,12 Quantize setting for new
regions, a global division value of 1/12 becomes a 4,12 Quantize value, a global division
value of 1/16 results in a Quantize value of 16,24, 1/24 in 8,24, and so on.
Note: If a particular Quantize value has already been set in the Insert Defaults, all new
regions are assigned this value, regardless of the division value in the Transport bar. You
may, of course, change any of these values at any time.
Choosing a Quantize Value for Swing Notation
For regular swing notation, 8,12 should be used as the Quantize parameter. This enables
the display of eighth-note triplets, and also displays two uneven notes on one beat (dotted
eighth and sixteenth), as regular eighth notes.
For double-time passages containing sixteenth notes, you need to either:
• Cut the MIDI region in the Arrange area, and assign a higher quantize value to the new
MIDI region (that contains the double-time figure).
• Use hidden artificial N-tuplets for the sixteenth notes. (See Creating and Editing
N-Tuplets in the Score Editor .)
For swinging sixteenth notes (shuffle funk, hip hop, and so on), the same principle applies.
In this case, Quantize would be set to 16,24.
952 Chapter 31 Working with Notation