Quantizing MIDI Note Pitches to Musical Scales

Cubase Elements Help

Product
Cubase Elements
Version
13.0
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You can quantize MIDI note pitches to the nearest pitch of the selected scale.

Prerequisite

In the Key Editor, you have selected a scale for your MIDI notes or you have selected a Chord Track Mode.

Procedure

  1. Open the Scale Assistant section of the Inspector.
  2. Optional: Activate Show Scale Note Guides.
  3. Do one of the following:
    • In the note event display, select the notes whose pitches you want to quantize.

    • Deselect all notes in the note event display to quantize all note pitches of the MIDI part.

  4. Click Quantize Pitches.

Result

All note pitches that do not match the selected scale are quantized to the nearest pitches in the scale.