Enhance timing....how to use it?

Question

I have a kick drum track that could use a bit of enhancement as far as timing is concerned. i played around with the enhance timing feature, but it only seems to make it worse. any suggestions as to the proper way to use this feature? thanks in advance.
jon

Answer 1

Is you kick drum a real recording? A real instrument, the pitch enhancement will move a note to the closest grid position to it, depending on how you had the grid set. I have a bass track, that was done with a triplets grid, and I can't seem to change it from triplets. So, moving the slider will align the notes according to the grid setting below the slider. If you click on it, you'll see some other grid choices. If it seems to be moving the notes a lot further than you want, you may need to set it for more grid positions, so it snaps to a position closer to where the note actually is. I have not been entirely happy with the results I have got, and on some instruments, like bass, I have actually gone into the editor, and split the regions, and physically moved the notes myself. Of course with some instruments, with sustained notes, that isn't always the best way, either. But it worked for the song I did it on.