When someone plays an instrument, there is a certain degree of human error in the timing and velocity of each keystroke, pluck, or hit. We can do this using either the Quantize tool in the Piano roll or the Quick quantize and Quick quantize start times shortcuts, or by setting up Input quantization during recording. To musicians and beatmakers, quantization is the process of transforming imperfect MIDI data from a live recording into perfect grid snap intervals.
The estimation results in what we call quantization error , and can differ depending on the quantization method used.Īlthough quantization in signal processing is still very important to understand for anyone involved in digital music production, the type of “quantize” this FL Studio tutorial will cover is not that kind. This is what’s going on inside the A/D (analog-to-digital) converter of your audio interface. To mathematicians and engineers, quantization is a process that takes continuous data such as an analog electrical signal and converts it to an approximated digital signal comprised of discrete points at set intervals. “Quantize” can mean a few different things depending on who you’re talking to.
