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Enhancing the timing of Real Instrument tracks

You can enhance the timing of a Real Instrument track. This is especially useful with Real Instrument regions that contain the right notes, but that are not perfectly in time with the project.

When you enhance a track's timing, all regions on the selected track (both your own recordings and loops) are enhanced. You can enhance the timing of regions with drums, single-note instruments, and chordal instruments.

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To enhance the timing of a Real Instrument track:

  1. In the timeline, double-click the Real Instrument track you want to enhance to open it in the editor.
  2. In the editor, drag the Enhance Timing slider to the right to increase the amount of timing enhancement, or drag it left to decrease the amount of enhancement.
  3. Choose the note value to use as the basis for timing enhancement from the pop-up menu below the Enhance Timing slider.

Enhanced timing can cause a delay under certain conditions. For example, moving the slider while the project is playing may result in a slight delay as playback "catches up" to the new setting. Also, if enhanced timing is active on a track when you are recording, there may be a short delay between when you play and when you hear the sound. Move the slider to the left to deactivate enhanced timing while recording, and then set the level of enhanced timing when you finish recording.

The Enhance Timing slider may not work equally well with all musical material, especially when set to higher values. Listen carefully to the results of using the slider and set it to the value that sounds best.

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