Song Mode and Sequencing
The Song Editor (EditSong Pages)
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RefSong
This parameter defines the reference song—the song containing the track you want to follow
when you reference quantize. It can be any existing song (even the song you’re currently
editing). The default is 1 NewSong.
RefTrack
Select any track (1–16, but not the track you want to reference quantize) within the reference
song as the reference track. The Note events in this track define the grid that your reference-
quantized track follow.
Timing
The Timing parameter determines how much the selected note events are moved toward grid
locations. A value of Off disables reference quantizing. Values of 1%–100% represent the
percentage of the distance that notes get moved toward the nearest grid location (as defined by
the Note events in the reference track). A value of 100% moves each selected note to align exactly
with the nearest grid location, while smaller values move notes a lesser distance.
Velocity
You can reference quantize attack velocities in much the same way as Note events. Just set a
value other than Off for the Velocity parameter, and the velocity values of the selected notes get
scaled toward the velocity values of the nearest notes in the reference track. The value of
Velocity represents the percentage of change that gets applied to the notes being quantized. For
example, if a selected note was recorded at a velocity of 120, and the nearest note in the reference
track was recorded at a velocity of 60, setting the Velocity parameter to 100% would quantize the
selected note to a velocity of 60; a value of 50% would quantize it to a velocity of 90. A value of
Off for the Velocity parameter disables velocity quantizing..
Parameters in the Region/Criteria Window
Width
This is another way to determine which Note events get quantized. The Width parameter
creates a “window” around each note in the reference track. Any note on the track that you’re
quantizing that falls into one of these windows gets moved toward the note within that window
(the amount that the note moves depends on the value of the Timing parameter). Notes that
don’t fall into any window remain where they are.
At the default value of 1/1, the window around each note on the reference track is a whole beat
(half a beat before and half a beat after), and just about every note gets quantized. you can set
the value up to 1/384 of a beat, in which case very few notes get quantized. The most useful
values for most songs is the 1/1 to 1/16 or 1/32 range.
Track Functions: Shift
This function shifts notes in the same way as the Shift parameter for the Quantize function (see
Shift on page 3-48 if you don’t know how note shifting works). If you want to shift notes during
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