eiough Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Hi so I'm trying to quantise live drums which I've done before using a video. I'm using a different YouTube video tutorial to do it. I've created a group, allowed quantise etc but I can't see quantise in my regions menu and can't scroll up. I know this is something really simple so feel stupid asking but it's driving me crazy! Please see my screen shots, one showing his with the quantise option and mine without! Please put me out of my misery so I can continue sorting the track out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Flex is off for the selected regions. You need to first enable flex. Click the Show/Hide Flex View button to see your Flex tools then on the tracks turn Flex on and choose the Flex Time : Slicing mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eiough Posted July 22, 2020 Author Share Posted July 22, 2020 Hi David thanks for such a quick reply, could I just ask 1 last question?! So although the tempo says 170, we didn't record to a click track at all so it's not at 170, will flex just quantise to the nearest tempo or will it try to make it 170? Also if I amend that tempo will it make my drum track go up and down? Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eiough Posted July 22, 2020 Author Share Posted July 22, 2020 Further to my last comment I set the quantise to auto, is slicing if you want to manually quantise it bit by bit? I’ve also realised it doesn’t make it the tempo that’s set so that’s fine. If I wanted to program in a synth part, could I make that part of the drum group so it quantises you them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveLpx1 Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Consider using "Smart Tempo." I've been using that approach with great success for quite some time now. I have had a learning curve with it, but I have gotten it to produce consistently useful results...hth.../s~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Hi David thanks for such a quick reply, could I just ask 1 last question?! So although the tempo says 170, we didn't record to a click track at all so it's not at 170, will flex just quantise to the nearest tempo or will it try to make it 170? Also if I amend that tempo will it make my drum track go up and down? Thanks in advance It will be messy (or won't work at all) if you try to use Flex or quantize anything when it wasn't recorded at the correct tempo. I would consider getting the tempo as close as possible, using beat mapping or Smart Tempo if needed. Then select the regions and choose Edit > Tempo > Write Project Tempo to Audio Files. Then turn Flex on. Now you can quantize. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eiough Posted July 23, 2020 Author Share Posted July 23, 2020 Right ok thanks that's really helpful. (my drummer is amazing but has a habit of speeding up ever so slightly at each chorus and so you end up with a song that's about 50bpm quicker at the end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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