Pro

Tools is a powerful tool for audio manipulation, particularly quantizing audio. This is a
step-by-step tutorial for audio quantization in Pro Tools.
First, import the audio into Pro Tools. I will be using a Tambourine loop that is 102 bpm. I
will quantize it to 110 bpm (The tempo of the track.)

Highlight the audio you are going to quantize.

Next, go to Event, and click Beat Detective.
Now, on the right side under Operation, click Region Separation.
Under detection, click analize, and set the sensitivity. The smaller the percent, the less
transients will be highlighted.
Click Separate at the bottom left.

Next, click Region Conform under Operation.
This will put the transients on the beat. Check off the strength box, and put it to your liking.
The higher the number, the more on time it will be.
Press Conform

Next, go edit Smoothing under Operation.

Under smoothing, you can choose either Fill Gaps or Fill and Crossfade. With Fill and
Crossfade, the transitions from each transient will be smoother, but you may not want this
in your file.


Now click Smooth on the bottom right.

The audio will now be quantized. To clean it up into one audio file, have all the audio
selected and go to Edit, Consolidate Region.

You are now finished. If your audio file did not quantize correctly, experiment with some of
the other options, like the beat division and sensitivity. Try some other methods of
quantizing like elastic audio.
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Separate audio region by transient
To separate an audio region by transient you can do one of the following.
Separate using TAB to transient
1. Enable Pro Tools TAB to transient option
2. Select an audio region using the grabber or selector tool
3. Tap TAB and use the key command Command-E to make cuts on the transients you wish
to split
Region separation using Beat Detective
1. Select an audio region then open Beat Detective and choose Region Separation
2. Click analyze and move the sensitivity slider and other parameters to define the
transients. Click separate to make the cuts.