Groove Templates

A groove template is a freely defined quantization grid. You can apply a rhythmic pattern on all selected MIDI events or Audio objects with Groove Templates. This allows you to make static MIDI patterns more lively, quantize on existing audio drum loops, or implement special metrics like dotted grid values. For MIDI objects, the velocity and note length can optionally be changed by the groove template in addition to the position. It is also possible to define a rhythmic pattern for drawing in MIDI notes.

A Groove Template enables a freely-definable grid. Usually it has a length of one to four bars and is repeated cyclically. However, the length of the groove templates is basically freely definable. So you could also create a grid based on the bass drum track of an entire song, and then use the MIDI drum pen to draw in a bass that plays exactly to it. The length and start of the groove template are always set to whole bars.

You load the Groove Templates from the Grid Quantize vakue menu on the toolbar. They are located there below the regular grid values.