Feature Request: "Unquantize" or "Reset Quantize button"

[Jaime Ramírez]

Hi Bakers, Hi People

A little request is an "Unquantize" or "Reset Quantize" button. Improve the workflow when you are working with the "input quantize" midi recording function. Can be perfect, to "unquantize" a little part and no the entire section (making the undo that reset the quantization, BTW if you make other thing after the midi recording, you cannot reset the quantize with the undo after the input quantize record). Can be good hace this feature. (BTW I post this in the Cakewalk Next forum, that was a mistake 😐 I use Cakewalk Sonar,  i don't use Cakewalk Next, Sorry for that).



Thanks



Jaime

[David Baay]

For this to be truely useful (for me at least), it would have to display a history list showing what time range was quantized with what settings on which track(s). In order for it to work at all, Sonar would basically need to keep a backup of all raw MIDI recordings as it essentially does for audio recordings. One big quesiton would be whether it's advisable to store that history when the project is closed as undoing a quantize operation much later could eventually become incompatible with other edits.

For the time being, I suggest you Save-As a version of the project with a different name after every new recording, and again when you start making destructive (or hard to reverse) edits so you always have "raw' versions to go back to later. Alternatively you can drag-copy the unquantized MIDI to a second lane, noting that it's "RAW MIDI" in the lane notes area, lock it against editing and mute it so it doesn't show up in the PRV with Hide Muted Clips enabled.

[msmcleod]

When using Input Quantize whilst recording, the original unquantized version is lost, as the quantize happens during the recording process - there's no way of going back.

Another way to obtain the same result is not to use input quantize, but instead use the Quantize MIDI FX in the MIDI track's FX bin.

This way you can simply bypass the Quantize FX if you need the unquantized version.

[David Baay]

6 hours ago, msmcleod said:

When using Input Quantize whilst recording, the original unquantized version is lost, as the quantize happens during the recording process - there's no way of going back.

Actually input quantizing isn't done in real time (it can't be because there's no way to pull a late note back in time); it's just applied automatically when recording stops. After recording Input Quantize appears as a separate operation in History and can be immediately undone without losing the recording.

[Harry Betancourt]

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22 hours ago, Jaime Ramírez said:

Hi Bakers, Hi People

A little request is an "Unquantize" or "Reset Quantize" button. Improve the workflow when you are working with the "input quantize" midi recording function. Can be perfect, to "unquantize" a little part and no the entire section (making the undo that reset the quantization, BTW if you make other thing after the midi recording, you cannot reset the quantize with the undo after the input quantize record). Can be good hace this feature. (BTW I post this in the Cakewalk Next forum, that was a mistake 😐 I use Cakewalk Sonar,  i don't use Cakewalk Next, Sorry for that).



Thanks



Jaime

Jaime's suggestion is very useful and could greatly improve the workflow with MIDI in Cakewalk Sonar.

[Max Arwood]

I use save as. Then process (many things are done this way, but not all are)