stigf:

You mentioned groove quantize in Ign.Virg.'s thread on quantizing.

How *do* you use the groove quantize? Do you build up your rhythm pattern in real time or by step entry and then slap one of the templates on it? Do you take a rhythm pattern and slap a completely *different* template on it just to see what happens?

It has always seemed to me that if you understand which template you want to use to begin with (i.e., if you already understand the rhythms well enough to do a pattern the template can work with at all), you are already able to build up the rhythm pattern in the first place, either in real time or, certainly, by step entry. What does the groove template then do to it that you can't do by regular or step editing?

I never understood the point of the templates; in fact, when I moved from the JV1000 (with the MC50 mkII sequencer) to the XP (with the MRC PRO), I was miffed they eliminated some of the useful MC50 features (like velocity fade) and added some--for me--useless features (like groove quantize).

Or am I underestimating its usefulness? Can you give an example of how you use it?
It sits there on my sequencer like a bit rock or something that I have no clue how to use.
Thanks.