Controlling MIDI and audio in DAWs

Question 1

What is likely to come with the performance of a part when working with MIDI?

Answer 1

An element of rhythmic inprecision

Question 2

What does quantisation do?

Answer 2

Moves the timing of the beginning of a note to the nearest grid division

Question 3

What do the numbers you see on quantise settings relate to?

Answer 3

The smallest divisions on the grid for quantise to snap to

Question 4

What can percentage quantise be used for?

Answer 4

Retaining some of the music’s natural flexibility in timing

Question 5

What can swing quantise be used for?

Answer 5

adding a swung feel to straight quavers or semiquavers, by slightly lengthening the first note of a pair and shortening the second

Question 6

In regards to swing quantise, what would 8A mean?

Answer 6

Quavers would be played with a light swing

Question 7

In regards to swing quantise, what would 16E mean?

Answer 7

heavily swung semiquavers

Question 8

What can pitch correction plug-ins do?

Answer 8

retune a vocal part

Question 9

On a pitch correction plug-in, what does the response time control?

Answer 9

How quickly the plug-in tunes the notes