Quantization (music)

[1] The purpose of quantization in music processing is to provide a more beat-accurate timing of sounds.

[2] Quantization is frequently applied to a record of MIDI notes created by the use of a musical keyboard or drum machine.

Using a percentage of quantization allows for the subtle preservation of some natural human timing nuances.

For instance, a simple children's song should probably have very coarse quantization, resulting in few different notes in output.

On the other hand, quantizing a performance of a piano piece by Arnold Schoenberg, for instance, should result in many smaller notes, tuplets, etc.