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Dialog box reference ► Groove Quantize dialog

The Process > Groove Quantize command opens the Groove Quantize dialog box. Groove Quantizing is a way to edit a track so that its rhythmic feeling and, optionally, controller data are similar to some other piece of music. The other piece of music forms a groove pattern that you store in a groove file, which has an extension of .grv.
The Groove Quantize dialog box has the following fields:
Use this field to save or apply a group of settings, which include all the fields in the Groove Quantize dialog box except Groove File and Groove Pattern. Clicking the disk icon saves the current group of settings under the name you type into the presets window. Choosing a setting from the window’s drop-down list applies it to the dialog box. Clicking the X icon deletes the current preset from the list.
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Sensitivity. This value determines how far from the quantization grid SONAR looks to find notes to quantize. A value of 100 percent quantizes every note. See Window.
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If Outside Window. This field offers the following choices:
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Do not change. Choosing this option means that SONAR leaves notes alone that lie outside the window.
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Quantize to Resolution. Choosing this option means that SONAR quantizes out-of-window notes according to the resolution value instead of the groove pattern.
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Move to Nearest. Choosing this option means that SONAR moves out-of-window notes to the nearest groove event.
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Scale Time. Choosing this option means that SONAR moves out-of-window notes so that they are equally spaced.
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Time. Drag the slider in this field to set how closely SONAR moves the start time of the selected notes to the groove’s start times.
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Duration. Drag the slider in this field to set how closely SONAR moves the durations of the selected notes to the groove’s durations.
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Velocity. Drag the slider in this field to set how closely SONAR moves the velocities of the selected notes to the groove’s velocities.
When quantizing audio, empty space can occur between clips. Select the Auto XFade Audio Clips check box if you want to automatically fill in the gaps and create an automatic crossfade between selected audio clips. Filling the gaps is accomplished automatically by “rolling out” the first clip’s right edge and the second clip’s left edge to create a crossfade.
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XFade. This value determines the duration of the crossfade.
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Max Gap. This value specifies the widest gap that will be filled with an automatic crossfade.
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