11 Dec
2007
11 Dec
'07
3:50 p.m.
On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:29:56 -0000 (WET)
"Rui Nuno Capela" <rncbc(a)rncbc.org> wrote:
On Tue, December 11, 2007 14:58, Dave Phillips wrote:
I can't help thinking this just replaces one form of mechanisation with
another. Even when recording step-time I have all forms of grid locking
turned *off*. Notes are very rarely actually on the allotted beat.
For preference I'll input via a MIDI keyboard, and if the part is
particularly difficult I'll play maybe just 4 bars, then rinse and
repeat. Doing this I've learned to recognise the pattern various
rhythms produce in a matrix editor, which is useful in it's own right.
Unless you're doing some techno stuff I regard any form of quantisation
as an admission of failure.
--
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
Found on a Cakewalk docs site :
*Groove Quantize*
Groove Quantize allows you to change the "feel" of an existing
performance. This is especially handy for spicing up step-entered MIDI
data or performances that need tight, groovin' timing. The best way to
learn how to use Groove Quantize is by experimentation. Other than the
Groove Source itself, the settings that will effect Groove Quantize the
most are the Resolution, Strength Duration, Strength Time, and Strength
Velocity.
So now we all know.
yes, i've used cakewalk pro audio "groove-quantize" midi effect once
before. the way i understand it, you first preset an existing midi pattern
as your chosen groove style, or so-called. groove-quantization is then the
process in which an arbitrary midi sequence is quantized or made more or
less similar to that preset style pattern in regard to onsets, velocity,
duration, etc. in short, to have similar "feel".
otoh, there's also another midi effect, called "swing-quantize", being
fundamentally different. here, iirc, the quarters are moved back and
forward to sound like triplets and/or vice-versa.
it is my understanding (and i can be wrong) that most hardware like the
akai mpcs, the roland grooveboxes et al. has it called "groove-quantize"
but in fact is a form of "swing-quantize", at least according to
cakewalk's definition.
cheers