Greetings, and thank you in advance for your help.
I want to draw some drum notes at 1/128 or 1/64. I used to be able to set the grid to a particular quantize amount and see it reflect in the timeline.
No matter what I set the quantize amount to, it doesn’t reflect in my grid so I can draw in 128’s.
I’ve watched too many youtube videos to count on where I’m missing the setting. Can’t find it.
Check out my screen–you can see that I have 1/64 chosen on top, but below, the Q is set to Grid, and it’s grayed out. When I click into the Q on the bottom, it’s also set to 1/64, but as you can see, my grid is definitely not 1/64.
HELP PLEASE! LOL
In the editor window in the lower zone not the project window. Where you see the letter ( Q ) for quantize. You need to set that to 1/128 or 1/64. And where you see the letter ( L ) for note lenght you also need to set that to 1/128 or 1/64. Press G or H on your keyboard to zoom in and out…
Thanks, AP. Still doesn’t work. Please see attached screenshot. When I change it to 1/64 in the quantize box (the q, lower) it still shows grey, like it’s unchanged inside and displays “grid”. Ideas? Again, thank you! I used to do this with such success and since my upgrade to the newest version I can’t seem to get it! LOL!
Change your timeline to Bars & Beats instead of seconds.
I appreciate the effort to help me, guys. Beats and bars didn’t make a difference, though. BUT—It’s working if I click one note at a time, but what I’m trying to do is to draw a straight line with the pencil tool and have it lay down 1/64th’s, or 128th’s.
In the tool box there’s a line tool use it to draw lines in any direction. With the snap on / off… I you click on the arrow below the line tool you will see more modes, sine, triangle, square, paint brush.
Ah, the line–right–thank you! Forgot the mini drop-=down arrow showing the other options.
Driving me nuts, but it’s not working. I can pencil in notes at short lengths now, but when I draw the line, it’s not respecting the 1/64. One thing I see on your screenshot which is different than mine, is that your quantize area in the bottom (the “Q”), shows your quantize amount. Mine is grey and says “grid”. I can go into the quantize and verify it is on 1/64, but I can’t seem to get it to appear there like yours. Could this be the problem?
Right click on the ruler and change the display to bars + beats…
Cool–I see that change now–I changed to bars and beats and I see 1/64 and not GRID on the “Q” button.
Still though, when I use the line tool to draw a line of 1/64 notes I get a length that I draw to, not a series of notes that are 1/64.
Maybe this has changed in this version? I definitely used to be able to draw a line and see a series of notes created to the quantize setting I had.
The ( L ) for note length must also be set to 1/64.
Ya, I have everything set to 1/64 as previously instructed. Still nothing! So sorry, man. Thanks for hanging in with me.
I got it. I had all the things recommended except for snap was off in the midi edit window. With it off, the line tool just makes a single line. With it on, using the line tool, it makes a series of notes for as long as you want to draw the line. THANK YOU, ALL.
I was facing the same issue for a while but with a different cause/solution. In my case the Grid Type in the drum editor was somehow linked to some Drum Map Snap instead of the quantize settings set in the editor.
As a consequence, the drum editor refuses to draw anything shorter than 1/16
Solution 
:
- Click on the Grid Type button right next to the Snap Settings in the top bar of the Drum Editor Window
- Change it from “Use Snap from Drum Map” to “Use Quantize”
Now, the notes you draw with the drumstick tool finally correspond to your quantize setting…
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[DerHeiligeVater] thank you so much!