I mean drum programming by hand with a controller, I use the akai mpd16, and would prefer to lay down drum tracks by tapping them out, but the quantize options confuse me, also
for the same application, beat oriented music hiphop
whatever what is the best sequencer resolution setting to have it on?
thanks for the help
What is the Best Quantize Setting for Fruity Drum programmin
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- KVRAF
- 1972 posts since 18 Apr, 2004
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- KVRAF
- 2831 posts since 11 Jun, 2003
Hi Stale bread.
What kind of latency do you have?
When recording with my controller, I usually have the snap setting set to "line". Once I have recorded the notes, I open the piano roll and do a quick quantize ( alt + Q ).
I sometimes use 1/4 step or 1/2 step for the snap setting... but "line" seems to work best.
For the playlist, I always have the snap setting to cell.
What kind of latency do you have?
When recording with my controller, I usually have the snap setting set to "line". Once I have recorded the notes, I open the piano roll and do a quick quantize ( alt + Q ).
I sometimes use 1/4 step or 1/2 step for the snap setting... but "line" seems to work best.
For the playlist, I always have the snap setting to cell.
Play it by ear
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 1972 posts since 18 Apr, 2004
hey pheeleep, my latency is pretty good, I get it down to 4ms.
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- KVRAF
- 2401 posts since 29 Dec, 2002 from In the dark
IMHO this is not a fruity only problem. What is the best quantise setting generally. I had many bitching about my timing in my recordings when I use a slightly "humanised" setting (25% or 30% quantified). If you go 100%, they bitch about you sounding robotic.
At the end of the day it comes down to experience and listening. Somtime in a blues song a very loose time may be very appropriate. I tend to quantify the timing to 32nd's with 50% losseness and then manually move the "strike" notes, usually kick or snare, not to the actual beat, but rather to the guitar recording.
At the end of the day it comes down to experience and listening. Somtime in a blues song a very loose time may be very appropriate. I tend to quantify the timing to 32nd's with 50% losseness and then manually move the "strike" notes, usually kick or snare, not to the actual beat, but rather to the guitar recording.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 1972 posts since 18 Apr, 2004
I feel you on this, I make hiphop and it's constantly an issue. alot of the time I just bang out a beat and don't even quantise it at all, funny thing is 2 years ago my peers thought it was so uncool of me, and now it's so very cool, personally ISepheritoh wrote:IMHO this is not a fruity only problem. What is the best quantise setting generally. I had many bitching about my timing in my recordings when I use a slightly "humanised" setting (25% or 30% quantified). If you go 100%, they bitch about you sounding robotic.
like to find a happy medium between man and machine.
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- KVRist
- 161 posts since 26 May, 2001
Well if you want a totally human feel - you should record with Snap set to "none" - this will ensure that no quantizing takes place.
However it will still be quantized to ticks. FL defaults to 92 ticks per quarter note (called PPQ - pulsed per quarter note), so if this for whatever reason is not granular enough for you - you can increase it in song settings.
However it will still be quantized to ticks. FL defaults to 92 ticks per quarter note (called PPQ - pulsed per quarter note), so if this for whatever reason is not granular enough for you - you can increase it in song settings.