Posted by: "vinco_75" groups@atanata.com vinco_75 Fri Dec 1, 2006 9:07 am (PST) > Hi there, > > I was wondering if we could share some tips on humanizing some > quantized parts. > > I've been using the "Humanize" option for some time now but I was > wondering if you had any > advanced tips. > > I'm mainly looking for making alive my classical scores. I suspect what you're finding out about the humanize function (in Logic or any other program) is that randomizing doesn't take away the mechanical sound quantizing produces. So if like me you can't always play parts in perfectly, what i suggest is tapping in the rhythm of the part or just tapping in some 8ths, 16ths, or whatever you need and using that as a Groove to quantize your parts to. The biggest keyboard buffoon can at least tap in the rhythms fairly accurately and with a good feel, and that will clean up the slop in a performance much more musically. Then if you have unison parts that you don't want too close together, quantize them both/all to your grid, but then humanize one or more of them to create a little bit of controlled imprecision. There are other uses for humanizing, such as creating strummed parts out of perfectly quantized chords, but neither quantizing partway to the grid nor randomizing quantized parts sounds natural. And that's my opinion at all times except when it doesn't apply at all. A lot of the time quantizing works perfectly with or without humanizing. :) Nick Batzdorf, editor/publisher Virtual Instruments Magazine - the world of softsynths and samplers www.Virtualinstrumentsmag.com 1-877 VImagzn (846-2496) 818/905-9101, cell 590-9101

First of all are you "Hard" quantizing or are you using all the quantizing options in the Extended Sequence Parameters? There is simply no reason for it to sound mechanical in Logic with all these.

Thanks guys for all those tips. Actually I need ro dequantize my parts rather than quantizing them. Most of the scores I do are imported from Sibelius. I have all kinds of expression, articulations that translate well in the Midifile but all the notes are obviously quantized. So I¹m trying to find some ways to make it lively again. I sometimes feel like we¹re writing music the other way around now :-) Anyway, I¹ll try everything you told me. Thanks again, Vincent