Step 3: Practical introduction – students load the Scale device onto one of the MIDI tracks and improvise on the white keys to hear the results. This method allows you to maintain the "flow" of the beat while also tightening it up a bit. mdb. Then you would create a new midi track, and set its input to the other midi track and tap record. First, we will quantize using beat detective, which is a bit more complex than elastic time. Read My Bestselling Book "The Mental Game of Electronic Music Production" Read My Newest Book " The Process For Electronic Music Pro. Thats basically the question, is there a way to record quantize into (in) the Looper iMac, MacBook Pro, Ableton Live 8 Suite ,Ableton PUSH Komplete 8 , Logic Studio ,Launchpad x 2, iPad (Lemur), M-Audio Keystudio, Akai MPD18,. This is the function that quantizes MIDI notes while recording. You can quantize early notes easily. This option let you record "off the grid". Shortcuts will quicken these more tedious parts. Live's implementation is pretty basic and you. by Mr D » Mon Feb 20, 2012 1:23 pm. You can see the ‘ quantize ‘ option in. It would only work for drums since they are short hits. Yes! I'm having this problem. Whether you’re drawing or playing in notes, sometimes you need to tidy up the timing of certain notes, so that they play ‘on the grid. Ctrl+U or Ctrl+shift+U is the quickest ways to get to it. If you find your post breaking any of the rules, you should. This can either be a local network or an ad-hoc (computer-to-computer) connection. You can also quantize without that “quantized“ feel by adjusting the Amount control, which will move Warp Markers by a percentage of the set quantization value. You'd need to use the note length and arpeggiator. 1b) If I have the Looper quantized to 1/4 or 1 bar or any length, then when the set is already playing and I hit the looper record button or the play button, it might not start playing until. Hit a button, get a new quantization setting. ). Quantizing (ctrl U and ctrl shift U) is essential if you record a lot of guitar or other instruments or work with a lot of samples. Once you have decided on the perfect swing groove for your MIDI clip, simply drag & drop your new groove into the ‘Groove’ box on the ‘Clip’ tab of your MIDI clip. To quantize MIDI notes in Ableton Live, you’ll first need to select the MIDI clip you want to quantize. Beat Division: If the Quantize beat is ON, the user can select between the different possible subdivisions that represent modulation time in 16th notes. In this video, I show you my approach to slicing and layering breakbeats. thx. With Link enabled, you can start and stop playback of Note independently of every other connected device or application. If you are thinking about quantizing the notes. You can also turn quantization off and let it roll exactly when you press. 2. You can access the clip launch properties by clicking on the relevant clip tab when Clip View is arranged horizontally. Joined: Mon May 15, 2006 12:15 pm. Or press SHIFT + Q to quantize just the start of the notes. For a studio recording, you can go back and quantize sections of the track to different alues. Ableton has a wonderful tool called Record Quantize, which allows your performed notes to immediately snap to a grid of your choosing as soon as you’ve played them in. Next, try decreasing the dry/wet in your quantization to 50% or lower. Real Time Recording. Navigate to Studio > Studio Setup. Open a new or existing Ableton Live project. Step 1: Verify That Your Clips Are Deactivated. edit: probably won't do what you want. myxomat0515. These will jump the loops back and forth based on the width of the loop race itself. Ableton PUSH 2 is the most comprehensive controller for Ableton Live. You can do this either by selecting specific notes with your mouse or by clicking in the clip view and pressing command – A on your keyboard. When you hit CMD+U, Ableton will automatically quantize the notes to whatever grid you’re currently using. Picked up studio one and it has this feature. It is also destructive. Alternatively, you can click on any of the Clip Record buttons to record into that slot. 4. I think it would be great if we can randomize or 'humanize' the velocity and quantize of all the selected midi notes. in the upper left corner of ableton you have next to the Click Button a "global launch quantization" button (Standard: 1 Bar). When creating a lesson in Ableton Live, it’s important to quantize the start and stop of the notes within the midi clip you want to export. Learn Live 10: Moving between Session and Arrangement Views. It saves a ton of time if you get used to it, so as a new Live user, I say give this a learn quickly. Drag and Drop the Auto Filter audio effect on top of. Double click the audio track and turn on warp, change beats to complex, and start double. The following list contains the Grooves of Live 10 and Live 11 as well as the changes that were made in terms of the names and the file location. The clip will stop on the next down. You can also instantly quantize using the previously used settings by pressing [COMMAND + U] on Mac or [CNTRL + U] on Windows. Joined: Wed Feb 24, 2010 2:52 pm. If you are looking for a more in-depth breakdown of the features of Live’s Piano Roll, click here to read Chapter 10 of Ableton’s official manual. Make sure the audio track has at least one audio clip assigned to it. Quantizing. . 6. If you need to get specific, press Shift + Cmd + U or Shift + Ctrl + U to bring up the settings, pictured. Hey All - When record quantize is turned on, and the track is set to Auto, playing in notes by hand while recording a clip is doing this weird thing where if I'm a little early relative to the grid, I'll hear the note I played, then almost instantly after I'll hear the note play again where. I know I can turn the grid off but I have had a frustrating time fitting things into 1/32. Quantizing Audio Samples. make sure you have selected your desired record quantization under edit menu. So if I record additional clips, they're quantized according to the global settings and not in sync with that first cropped sample. Working in drum racks,I am selecting all notes and then opening quantise settings. When I go back into the settings and drag the percentage back to 0 the notes don't jump back. Its a small thing, but would make the process of matching to an external. ago. 1. clip. Like hitting a note out of sync and it automatically snap and quantize to given beat? Like play a Kick Drum on every quarter and nowhere in between. 8. - [Instructor] In addition to changing the tempo of a file, warping can be used to optimize how a clip loops, fix rhythmic errors and quantize audio. Glasside Posts: 6 Joined: Sat Jun 24, 2023 6:14 pm. 3 drag down to the value you want. It's just another tool in the toolbox for if/when you need it. AdamJay Posts: 4757 Joined: Thu Mar 11, 2004 7:17 pm Location: Indianapolis, USA. I know I can link them or shift-click them and then insert warp markers manually and then drag them around, but that is very time consuming. So I'm trying out Ableton Live 9. Dhaecktia • 4 yr. Live 11 Intro、Standard、Suite 版本都可在 Live 12 发布时免费升级至对应版. What I did was used ALL Clip Quantization settings to try and get Live to play a clip with a length of 1 and 1/4 bar (so a 5/4 bar clip) and then play the next clip using a Launch Follow Action A setting of "Next". I am also looking for a shortcut to directly set the velocity of a note to zero (a note muting shortcut)Best software to quantize audio. Then: Cmd+A (click in the device view to be sure it's selecting all the MIDI notes) followed with Cmd+U to set it. Seems like in note mode (not a Drum Rack), you can only quantize the clip. 3. After you watch, check out Sweetwater. It's a no-change operation. . Quantize — Press and release to quantize the selected notes. Steinberg Cubase – I’m using Cubase & loving it’s stability. How To Quantize. Step 3 – Selecting The Quantizer. You have Global Quantize - Top Transport bar. Second, when Quantizing notes, simply don't have the percentages at 100. Other than that i. Once you select Record Quantization, choose the meter or timing of the quantization you want. 1. For the purpose of this tutorial, it will be quantized to sixteenth notes (1/16). Set the track's Input Type to " Input 1 ", so that it monitors the signal of your live instrument track. Tab. 2. This creates anchoring Warp Markers around the one you click on to help preserve the rest of the clip’s timing. Top. It will show in yellow. What's worse is it's one of the most expensive DAWs on the market. 2. Shouldn't it be possible to do this. The Quantize Beat control applies quantized modulation to the filter frequency. also in the clip itself , you can click on the "L" circle. First, when recording, figure out what is the smallest subdivision you're playing, and quantize your recorded notes one underneath that. com’s most popular quantize-button tutorial-videos: 4. CMD + T – Use this keyboard shortcut to add a new track to your session. Enable MIDI map mode. For audio clips, you have to get in and move the warp markers yourself in the clip view. I'm finding a lot of my notes would be on a 1/64 grid, especially with offbeat fills. Having some weird issues with my tracks syncing in an ableton dj set, when I turn quantize off I can launch them perfectly in time, but when I use…If the other methods here don’t work, I would also mention that Ableton can have a set quantize strength (that never changes unless you specify). Step 1: Record your audio signal. 5 posts • Page 1 of 1. 5311. 1. I think it would be great if we can randomize or 'humanize' the velocity and quantize of all the selected midi notes. Generally I love the nondestructive mode of their Quantize system. 4. Set it to "none". 3. That is not how ableton itself operates, so why does. mdb. 4. Not difficult for. 4. This makes it easy to copy and paste clips in new locations, so that they are pasted precisely on the correct beat. One thing that bugs me about this is that it is a destructive process. You are able to add these groove to your current RAMpresets. Unfortunately, they way Ableton handles audio channels and time warping in the playlist is far more intuitive than FL Studio. Adding a Generic MIDI Device. Quantize with ableton's quantization settings as shown in OP's post. So when I used to have an old Dr Groove Drum machine and when I would make tracks , its seemed to auto quantize no matter at what time I hit the kick or snare or what ever drum pad I hit. Tobi May 18, 2022 No Comments. Yes. In the MIDI mapping window, first, move the physical control on your midi controller that you want to control the pitch. Play video: Sequencing MIDI, part 1 03:50 Sequencing MIDI, part 1. Next, try decreasing the dry/wet in your quantization to 50% or lower. The main reason that this causes clips to not launch in time is when it. You can fix this after recording manually or with the quantize feature, and there is a "Record Quantization" setting under the Edit menu which automatically. To keep a more human feel, you can use strength to simply move notes closer to the nearest grid point, but not all the way there. You’ll always need more tracks, Ableton made it quick and easy to insert new tracks. Quantizing the note end will stretch the note so that it ends at the chosen meter subdivision. There is no quantise in arrangement. 1 just select all the notes you want to quantize. That'd be a pretty quick way to achieve some slight humanization without changing the entire rhythm. With Quantize Beat off, frequency modulation follows the control source (the Envelope, LFO, or manually-adjusted cutoff. Move/Nudge Selected Clip. Hope thats said it. 32. These Ableton shortcuts help you navigate and manage both views with confidence. Connect your gear. g. Our online and studio-based courses teach students how to create release-ready tracks in the genre of their choice. This works especially well with drum loops. We are trying to play keyboard through midi. here's a really easy way to get groove quantize: 1. Ctrl 4: Toggle Grid on/off (useful for nudging notes off of their exact quantization, you can also click a note and hold alt to get the same effect). Whether you are a beginner aiming to fast track your development, or an experienced producer looking to add a professional finish to your. Give that song a listen and hopefully that will. ctrl + shift + left/right = select between transients. That sucks once you get used to <10ms latency. 2. that pretty much involves, going to the top menu and then going to quantization and then making the appropriate selection. The Quantization drop down menu will select which point the loop will quantize its start and end points too. It was as if someone shook up a 6 foot can of blood soda and suddenly popped the top. It is true, clip quantization overrides global quantization. Then you would create a new midi track, and set its input to the other midi track and tap record. Via this Max for Live device you can quantize all MIDI notes start points of the currently selected MIDI clip in Ableton Live’s “Session View” – just one selected MIDI clip would work! This becomes handy if you record some MIDI live in a live performance and quickly want to. Is there a way of letting Ableton know, for example, this cropped sample's time signature is 5/4 (so if its 5. (Image credit: Ableton) Step 6: Next, it’s quite likely the part will need to be quantised. 2). As far as I can tell, Ableton Live doesn't have a way to quantize multi-tracks , and anyway I've found that even the higher quality algorithms leave some artifacts, so I'm looking into other DAWs as a possibility, or external tools. Link-enabled software will remain in tempo as well as at the correct position in relation to the global launch quantization of all. You can also do this with any audio file in Ableton Live! Subscribe for music producti. 900 Johnson Street Victoria, BC V8V 3N4. ←/→ & ⇧ + ←/→. I like to add a lot of small changes to my drums to add more feel to them, so I rarely use quantize when programming drums. Follow will start again once you stop or restart playback, or click in the Arrangement or clip scrub area. In the classroom. To find the bars you want to use, find the up and down arrow keys. I want to know if there is any way in Ableton 11 or as a plugin to Quantize or "Snap" MIDI CC data. Three fold. by yur2die4 » Tue Jan 24, 2012 5:26 am. The unofficial subreddit of all things Ableton: Live, Push, Max, and Note. 8. This feature is especially great if you’re recording quickly or even using looping in a live performance, which would make all your repeated loops play back perfectly in time. Watch the entire Learn Live series: 2- After recording: full MIDI clip. - Audio samples for electronic music. Although Ableton does have a midi record function (edit –> record quantization) its a bit limited and you can’t access its parameters using midi, nor does it have a shuffle function for those among us who like to get funky. You can also play with the strength parameter. It used to work but now it doesn't. This is how you chop samples on the drum rack. quantize(cur_quant, 1. Re: Scene launch quantization. or does this fuction exist. . Quantizing. It saves a ton of time if you get used to it, so as a new Live user, I say give this a learn quickly. Next, press Add and restart Ableton. The warping function will keep the audio in place and only affect the overall pitch. These editing Ableton shortcuts are meticulously selected to minimize the time between inspiration and execution. An upgradeable instrument and an ever-evolving bond with Ableton Live, Push is designed to sit at the heart of your setup for years to come. You will learn how to navigate through the Ableton Live 10 program. Joined: Thu Sep 29, 2005 8:34 am. To adjust your parameters, open the Quantization Settings dialog box from the Edit menu. "how come the APC 40 cannot change the global quantization with a knob or something. The Quantization function of Ableton (triggered by Command+U) will potentially clean up the weird timing and get those drum beats, bass parts and any other rhythmic MIDI part sounding pro. Loop Lengths: ⌘ + ↓ or ⌘ + ↑ (ctrl + ↓ or ctrl + ↑) When listening back to a part of your track, you can easily double or halve the length of your listening loop by pressing ⌘ + ↓ or ⌘ + ↑ (ctrl + ↓ or ctrl + ↑). 2 Non-Destructive Quantization. e. Your selection of MIDI notes will now be quantized to the grid. Add the Wavetable instrument to a MIDI track, activate Oscillator 1, and drag-and-drop a sample into it. But I don't want it to go through the whole range of values, instead I want it to snap to specific semitone values. Product. Ableton's session view quantization menu explained! We'll go through why it's crucial to have Ableton 11 (and previous versions) quantize clips and scenes yo. 11. Joined: Mon May 15, 2006 12:15 pm. Juronomo • 4 yr. 2. Pages Facebook: videos like this Ableton Live tutorial 👉 Shop Ableton Live software at Sweetwa. This will quantize using default settings, or the settings that you previously applied. . by chapelier fou » Wed Jan 02, 2019 8:45 pm. When he’s not. Hello, I'm trying to quantize selected notes from my PUSH 2. If you don't then create a new MIDI clip by selecting Insert MIDI Track from the Create menu at the top of Live's user interface or use the shortcut [CMD + Shift + T] on a Mac or [CNTRL + Shift + T] on a Windows PC. Image. as its been discussed in interviews and something I agree wholeheartedly, people have too many options, too much technicality. You can now record your hi-hat part into the same clip!how to record midi with quantisation on so that your notes snap to a selected gridBy the end of this Ableton Live book, you’ll be able to implement advanced production and workflow techniques and amplify live performance capabilities with what the Live 11 workflow has to offer. 1 marker that gets added in automatically when you turn on warping. edit: probably won't do what you want. Step 1: Introduction – explain the concept of a scale, and play examples. Problems arise, however, when using the built-in looper: 1) For Looper's quantization to work, the whole set must be 'playing' i. Probably a daft question but are you trying to record audio or midi because record quantize only works on the latter. You will learn to write and Edit notes on your Midi piano roll. It CANNOT be undone :0 I feel like that is a flaw and turns me away from this solution. You can edit them by dragging them into a MIDI track. Select Record Quantization from the drop-down menu. CTRL/CMD + D – Duplicate. Move/Nudge Selected Clip. Quantization is a feature in DAW s that makes notes and sounds conform to a rhythmic grid. I’ll list them here. I mean record quantization but whenever I play 1/4 the program snatches the played rythm to the grid when I play 1/8 it snatches to 1/8 grid , when 1/16 is played snatch to 1/16 grid , then triplets etc. Live has input quantization. You could always do a couple of 2 bar takes and cut and paste to give variation, although it’s not quite as streamlined as some of the other suggestions (and it might be too out-of-time, depending on how good you are lol). This behavior is very useless. Basically, I'm wondering if Ableton can do slip editing to clean. _setz_ • 7 mo. Besides that, you can usually find whatever you need by right clicking so everything else is a bonusRelated Topics. The first step for quantizing the velocity of MIDI notes (bringing all MIDI notes to a common value) in REAPER is to open up the MIDI Editor by double-clicking the MIDI track that you want to work with. Add an Arpeggiator to the mix, however, and you get some more complex results - check out this tutorial from Certified Trainer Keith Mills at Quantize Courses for more: Take things a step further and learn how to edit your new sequence in the piano roll view, while staying in-key: Beat Repeat is an extremely powerful effect - capable of longer loops, shorter stutters, wild pitch effects, and more. Find out how to play beats and melodies, sample your surroundings, and experiment with song structures in Note – an iOS app for musical sketching. However, if we compare Studio One Pro with Ableton Live Standard, the price range roughly matches, with Ableton still being about $50 more expensive. Continuing quantizing the MIDI notes while gradually increasing the percentage on the dry/wet until you achieve the desired effect. Im a bit confused on the "Quantize" settings in FL Studio. 10. live 11. Hello! I would like to perform live with Ableton Live 9 by launching clips and recording in them live. If you need to change your clip’s groove at any time, drag & drop a new groove onto the name of the previous one to replace it. This type can be used when searching for the best clean-up level and then applied to the clip (a destructive action), which fixes the current settings to the notes of the clip including. Below is the list of Ableton Shortcuts that could save 64 hours per year. Quantize Courses specialise in teaching underground music production using Ableton Live. Quantize Courses specialise in teaching underground music production using Ableton Live. This video shows how to use time selection and note stretch to create perfectly-quantized N-tuplets. In the example below we are selecting the KONTROL S49 MK3 DAW:; On Windows, if you are using a Kontrol S. These timing errors can be easily fixed by using the Quantize settings. This is very useful during live performances, especially with drums! The feature is under the Edit menu as shown in the picture below. Groove Quantization work on two levels, normal grid quantization applied in percentages followed by groove timing quantization. I'm aware that I need to use a groove pool to apply the swing, but if I record a midi track where I tap in a swing rhythm, and I want to tighten this up with quantize while keeping the swing feel, I'm having the following. So let's take a look and see. Navigate to Preferences, then choose Keyboard, then click the Shortcuts tab. CTRL/CMD + U – Quantize. Play a drum beat with either the Drum Rack or any other rhythmic instrument of your choice, then Capture it. Step 3: So let’s pop in a few extra beats and see where that gets us. Since the launch of Live 11, audio editing has received a large bump in audio functionality, for a traditionally MIDI/Sample heavy software. Step 1: Create an audio track and select the point where you would like the MP3 to load into. I know Ableton can extract grooves from transients, or splice a recording. Giving that particular notefx a bypass button and upping the rnage toeither your suggested 128 or 1/256 would make that arppegiator jesus. 0% : the timing is not changed at all. And by this "selective quantize" I mean a possibility to select midi notes and add groove (or quantize) only those. The real trick here is to select the proper grid size for what the song calls for. If it's not, try turning it off from the menu and save your empty project as the default template. For example, try quantizing to 80% rather than 100%. The one and only advantage I can see in Ableton is that it can quantize clips to the proper tempo. 145). Trying to create intricate rhythms is a nightmare with only 1/32 quantisation. Simply drag and drop an audio file from Finder/File Explorer or Live’s Browser onto an audio track in Session or Arrangement View. 【昊奇音樂無限期VIP】 一次付費,無限期下載本站所有包含之後新增的Logic Pro X教學-及Ableton Live教學. Put the midi clip into Logic Pro, or Cubase, or FL Studio, or Sibelius, or Prosonus Studio One, and. If you’re importing multiple audio files, hold down [COMMAND] on Mac or [CTRL] on Windows to place each file onto its own audio track. i'd like a quantize while recording function so while i'm playing, the notes i play will be quantized as i play so i can play and never mess up; sort of like putting clips in slots and triggering them with a midi keyboard. You can chop the transients in simpler and midi quantize them. This is my preferred method. Turns out the problem was due to Ableton disconnecting from my Audio Device after watching a youtube video on the same system. I want to quantize multiple audio clips on different tracks together, but can't find how to do it. . Pro Tools – The industry standard, however a little not so user friendly for me. 26. You can also use the keyboard shortcut CTRL+U (PC) or CMD+U (Mac) . In this video, I show you my approach to slicing and layering breakbeats. Tedious perhaps, but doable. Live Technique 3 - Record Quantization Ableton has a handy feature called Record Quantization that can automatically quantize any clips you record while performing. 2. The quantization is real time so you won't see any notes moving unless you commit. Or use command: Mac(shift+cmd+U) / Win (shift+ctrl+U) 3) Select Quantize to: Current Grid or choose any, you can resize them. Enroll in Erin's Music Production Fundamentals for Songwriters course: our free music production handbook: Groove changes to the Core Library in Live 11. Most Midi Controllers have 8 or more knobs. open the clip view and highlight the midi notes you want to quantize and then right click, select quantize there. And if you really want to be hardcore about it, disable quantization and drag each individual hit inside the clip into whereever the hit sounds best and gives the groove you're after (you will usually want to zoom in quite a lot for most accuracy). Time-aligning drums without Beat Detective, the famous Pro Tools plugin, may look daunting at first. Files that have been deleted are indicated as such under "Notes". Although slightly less packed with instruments and plugins, the Professional version is almost half the price of Ableton Live Suite. People may also say that Ableton Live is not the perfect. . For MIDI clips however, you can have Auto Quantize switched on OR off as you record. i. 3ms. This is your friendly reminder to read the submission rules, they're found in the sidebar. FOLLOW be MOTION + dESIGN:Website - - 5. A deactivated clip will look like this. Ableton Live is a Digital Audio Workstation, or DAW. There are two levels of quantization, pre groove timing and groove timing that you set in percentages. Ableton Push 3 101. 4. You set that up in the Record Quantization, which is also under the Edit menu. The ability to warp and quantize audio is a big part of what makes Ableton Live DAW software such an amazingly creative tool — join Sweetwater’s Nick D’Virgilio as he shows you how it’s done. I want to quantize multiple audio clips on different tracks together, but can't find how to do it. From track linking to multiple track lanes, the new Ableton Live 11 is hot on the heels of some of the more traditional,. Add a midi clip to Track 2 with a note of C1, set launch quantization to 1 bar and link that clip to the relevant pad on the midi controller. If you don't then create a new MIDI clip by selecting Insert MIDI Track from the Create menu at the top of Live's user interface or use the shortcut [CMD + Shift + T] on a Mac or [CNTRL + Shift + T] on a Windows PC. However, if you struggle at keeping on beat, use partial quantization settings. As you move the parameter's knob, a dotted line in the Clip area will appear to represent the automation curve. by willrjmarshall » Sun Jul 12, 2009 9:55 am. Once you have the MIDI Editor opened up, you are ready to move on to the next. by mdb » Mon Sep 04, 2006 7:. Hold down CMD (or CTRL on PC) and double-click to add Warp Markers to adjacent transients, as well. Not sure who changed it but sure wish Novation would come up with a fix. by Johnisfaster » Mon Sep 04, 2006 7:47 pm. Quantize, add swing to get the right feel; Add any (or all) of the 16 effects to the entire mix; AudioBus 3. I like playing on Push or my piano and the immediate response is beautiful to have. After selecting the desired notes, you will now want to open up the quantize tool. plato555 • 4 yr. We tend to leave the setting at Sixteenth-Note. Swing. In an essential pair of tutorials from Certified Trainer Keith Mills for Quantize Courses, we see a comprehensive review of Beat Repeat's various features. Follow the shortcuts below. Get the devices here: info on the collection for automatic and manual quantisat. Understanding how to use quant. Audio quantize. Step 3:That gives 4. xml file, but you need to know a little bit of XML to understand how to do it. " but it only plays from the beginning of the bar, which is the global setting. Step 3. A short one minute video tutorial on Ableton LiveIn Quantize settings there are options for quarter notes and triples but also "1/8+1/8t". To add an MIDI instrument to a MIDI track, simply go to the Browser, select the ‘Instruments’ tab, and drag and drop your chosen instrument onto your track. If you want to record and capture sounds. It's now October of 2022. . Joined: Wed May 30, 2007 3:31 am. Something changed, either with an Ableton update or a Novation update. Re: How to quantize just a single track, not globally. recording. Once your MIDI controller is connected, open the MIDI mapping window in Ableton Live by right-clicking in the device view and selecting edit MIDI map. MIDI QUANTIZE. This is a good idea, and it is not a problem if it is too out-of-time. Most used Ableton Shortcuts Groove Quantization work on two levels, normal grid quantization applied in percentages followed by groove timing quantization. Re: Quantize MIDI input. Editing & Workflow Efficiency. Quantize. Try quantizing your audio! Step-by-step tutorial on how to keep your MIDI recordings perfectly in time with record quantization in Ableton Live.