# uneven recording playback **URL:** \ **Category:** Dorico\ **Created:** [December 5, 2018, 8:59pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/uneven-recording-playback/118625 "2018-12-05T20:59:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![David26](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/david26/32/311542_2.png) [@David26](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/David26)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 8:59pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/uneven-recording-playback/118625/1 "2018-12-05T20:59:51Z")
I’ve recorded a passage using the midi record function. I have the correct notation on the page but the sound of the rhythms and note durations are uneven. I guess that’s how I played it. How do I get playback to sound exactly like the notation and not my uneven playing? I’ve been through the play options and have not found an appropriate setting. Humanize start positions is at “0”. ---
**Author:** ![MarcLarcher](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/marclarcher/32/1623_2.png) [@MarcLarcher](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/MarcLarcher)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 9:03pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/uneven-recording-playback/118625/2 "2018-12-05T21:03:26Z")
Hi David. I’d say “Reset Playback overrides” in the Play menu 😉 [Edit] : That’s not the best advice, since you loose the “human data”. Andgle has a better advice. ---
**Author:** ![dan\_kreider](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/dan_kreider/32/254871_2.png) [@dan\_kreider](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/dan_kreider)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/uneven-recording-playback/118625/3 "2018-12-05T21:06:13Z")
> **[can I quantize underlying Real-Time-MIDI-recorded data easily after the fact?](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/can-i-quantize-underlying-real-time-midi-recorded-data-easily-after-the-fact/118125/6)** > > Thanks so much for this clear explanation! Might be nice (down the line) to have the option of greater control over the quantization of the underlying MIDI data (separate from notation) (vs. just having the option of it either being the “raw”... ---
**Author:** ![andgle](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/andgle/32/51350_2.png) [@andgle](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/andgle)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/uneven-recording-playback/118625/4 "2018-12-05T21:13:31Z")
Go to Preferences \> Play, and untick “Preserve note velocities” and "“Preserve note positions”. ---
**Author:** ![David26](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/david26/32/311542_2.png) [@David26](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/David26)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 9:23pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/uneven-recording-playback/118625/5 "2018-12-05T21:23:47Z")
I did that. However it still didn’t work. But then I Reset Playback Overrides again and that did it. Now my notes play as notated. Thank you guys! Now I assume all future recordings will have the same settings? ---
**Author:** ![PaulWalmsley](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/paulwalmsley/32/92542_2.png) [@PaulWalmsley](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/PaulWalmsley)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/uneven-recording-playback/118625/6 "2018-12-05T21:38:33Z")
> [@MarcLarcher](#): > > Hi David. > I’d say “Reset Playback overrides” in the Play menu 😉 > > [Edit] : That’s not the best advice, since you loose the “human data”. Andgle has a better advice. Actually, this isn’t a problem. The original recorded positions are stored as well, so you can still re-quantize based on how you played it, but still hear it played back ‘cleanly’ at the quantized positions. See: [https://www.steinberg.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=246&t=149054&p=802037&hilit=quantize#p801443](https://www.steinberg.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=246&t=149054&p=802037&hilit=quantize#p801443)