Quantization Settings dialog box

How to get there

Choose MIDI > Quantization Settings.

What it does

The Quantization Settings dialog box allows you to specify the smallest note value NotePad will quantize while importing MIDI files and the type of quantization it will perform such as allowing or ignoring tuplets.

Keep in mind that in NotePad, the term Quantization refers to something slightly different than it does in sequencing software. In sequencers, when you Quantize a note, you shorten or lengthen the start/stop times of the notes so that they are aligned more precisely with the pulse. In short, you change how the notes sound. If you quantize a measure of 16th notes to a 1/4 note quantization, you will subsequently only hear four quarter notes (probably chords) in this measure.

In NotePad, on the other hand, the quantization affects how the notes appear rather than how they sound. Quantizing the same measure of 16th notes in NotePad by a 1/4 note will cause four 1/4 note chords to appear BUT may still play back the 16th note run. For more information, see Play as Recorded.

• Smallest Note Value. Select the smallest note value you expect to play from the palette displayed. Remember that eighth note triplets are shorter than regular eighth notes. If you want to have triplets for eighth notes, use sixteenth notes as your smallest note value.
• Tuplets. This option tells NotePad whether or not there will be triplets (or any other tuplets) in your transcription. You’re telling NotePad whether or not to check all small rhythmic values for tuplets.
• Tie Syncopations. This option affects the way syncopations are transcribed by the HyperScribe tool and importing MIDI files. Eighth notes will be tied using this setting, otherwise without this setting a quarter note will be substituted.
• OK · Cancel. When you click OK, NotePad will change your Quantization Settings and return to the score. Click Cancel to return to the score without making any changes.

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