Multitrack drum quantize

i saw this post about quantizing multi track drums...where is the event list ?? thanks
"It's not a big deal...
Use the Strip Silence feature.
Double click on one audio track. Then open the 'audio window list' You'll find strip silence there. Click on 'replace regions in arrange page.
Go back to arrange page. Hilite all the individual regions of the audio track.
Open up EVENT LIST page, and use Quantize. Quantize will place all the individual regions into the correct time..
Do one audio track at a time.

The event list editor is found under the "Window" heading at the top left (between the headings for Options and Help). I am wondering if the "audio track" mentioned in the post you quoted from refers to audio instrument tracks in the arrange window where MIDI regions are placed (instead of non-MIDI audio tracks), or to audio tracks in general.
The event list editor contains the Quantize function in the bottom left corner.
The event list editor can also be opened up by double clicking on MIDI regions (presuming that the preferences for this have not been changed).
It is important to mention that individual notes within regions on audio tracks (non-MIDI regions) cannot be quantized. Only notes within MIDI regions on audio instrument tracks can be quantized. However, the time position of entire non-MIDI regions on audio tracks can be quantized (the entire region can be shifted in time as a whole, as opposed to the individual notes within the region) and such a process apparently uses the Event List display (I have not tried this yet)... This information can be found on page 183 of the Reference manual. There is a nice table there describing the differences between MIDI regions and AUDIO regions.
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