Quantizing Elastic Audio

Pro Tools lets you apply Quantize to Elastic Audio events as well as MIDI notes. Quantize can be applied to Event and Warp markers closest to the quantize grid on Elastic Audio-enabled tracks, regardless of whether they are sample- or tick-based. When quantizing, Event markers closest to the quantize grid are promoted to Warp markers and all Warp markers closest to the quantize grid are quantized based on the Quantize settings.

Quantization can also be applied to clip start times (or sync points) on all audio tracks, whether they are Elastic Audio-enabled, or sample- or tick-based. This lets you quickly quantize audio clips without applying TCE, and is especially useful when working with “one-shot” clips (single-event clips) such as sliced clips or clip groups.

Use Restore Performance to undo quantization of audio and MIDI. See Restore Performance Command.

To quantize Elastic Audio events:

1 Select the audio you want to quantize on Elastic Audio-enabled tracks. (Audio not on Elastic Audio-enabled tracks will not be quantized.)

2 Choose Events > Event Operations > Quantize.

3 In the Quantize window, select Elastic Audio Events from the What to Quantize pop-up menu.

4 Set the Quantize Grid and Options settings.

5 Click Apply.

The Warp and Event markers closest to the Quantize Grid are quantized accordingly. TCE is applied between these markers and all other markers maintain their position relative to the Quantize Grid.

 

Before quantizing Elastic Audio Events in Warp view

 

After quantizing Elastic Audio Events in Warp view