Originally Posted by: SuperhumanI'm working on a new composition and am having difficulties creating the beats required. I'm programming it into Cubase and have to set up the quantize and time signature... therein lies the problem.
The piece is played at 170 bpm on a steady stacatto rhythm, with phrasings of triplets between each click over eight bar segments...

eg: first 4 clicks of an 8 bar phrase
-----------------------------------------10-9--9-------------
---------15-14-13---------9-10-12----10----12-12-10-12-10-9
12-12-12---------10-10-10--------8-12-----------------------

What is the time signature????

Play your composition as you normaly would and try speeding bpm several clicks above, or below the speed you have been using. I have found radical changes in bpm beyond what you here in your head can really change the sound, and ease of play for your composition. I mean Ive had songs I just found imposible to get rite, untill I tryed them in an extreemly higher, or lower bpm.