Use a leading pad to create a smoother quantization
When using Fill gaps between selected items, use a leading pad of 50ms. This helps make sure things like flams or looser performances get quantized well. I use this setting to Quantizing drums.
Usually there’s more silence before a hit than there is after. If you drag your trailing pad too far, you may hear the same hit twice if the player is rushing.^[ How I EDIT A Full Band Session] If they’re dragging, then it’s the opposite problem.
For bass, guitar, and other such instruments, I like to use a leading pad of 5-20ms to create a backward temporal mask (see How to mask time edits).
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