Music Word of the Day: Quantize

in #wordoftheday7 years ago

Quantization is a process used in the production of digital music.

To quantize, simply put, is the process by which notes performed by a human are made by the computer to more closely match the tempo and beat of the composition. The digital music composer has the option of quantizing the notes to any division of the beat (whole notes, quarter notes, sixteenth notes, triplets, etc.)

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For example, to quantize a performance recorded into Ableton Live from a midi keyboard, simly select “Quantization” from the Edit menu. Read more

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nice, quick and to the point. good work! i just posted my first ableton tutorial on steemit too! hope to see more Ableton content pop up in the future.

OK cool. I'll check it out.