Hi dnarkosis
Let me start by saying that I have not use Groove quantize VERY much. I have used it when I have recorded the rythm-track in real-time. I then quantize the whole track with one of the tenplates. I agree with you, it is often unpredictable as I do not understand well enough what the templates do. It usually ends up as a try-and-fail process, but if you have som patience you really can get some nice results.
Now, I may be on thin ice here, but i think the reason behind groove-quantize, is to be able to quantize to something else than quarters or eiights etc. The groove quantize is more "flexible" in a way, as it uses the template as a preference to where notes will be placed after the quantize-process. This means that some notes are quantized to 1/4, while some are quantized to 1/32, in the same process! I believe that is the whole point of groove-quantize, apart from adding a rythmic feel from the template.
I have used this to add some "spice" to rythm tracks that I felt were getting to "flat" and quantized. I think this is a feature one the XP that is well worth exploring, even if you don't end up using it all the time..
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I have never used this feature on a melody-track.. It can be useful if you have a rythm track with a "strange" rythm. I guess the groove-quantize does not do anything that normal quantizing can't do, but the process is simpler, and it takes a lot less accuracy than recording a track for quantizing with 1/32.
As I started out by saying, I do not completely understand all aspects of the groove-quantize, so some of this is guessing..
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Stig
[This message has been edited by stigf (edited 12-13-2001).]