I don't know what it's called in DP, but in Pro Tools, this function is called "relative grid mode", which keeps the relative timing of a MIDI note, region, soundbite, etc. in place as you move it around the sequence. I.E., if you have a region that is a few ticks before the downbeat, and you move it a few measures later, it keeps it a few ticks before the downbeat at the new location.
This function is great sometimes, but most of the time, I just want to drag a region or MIDI note to the downbeat... or whatever I have selected in the "snap" settings. So... how do I simply grab a MIDI note in the graphic editor (or sequence editor) and drag it to the downbeat??
I found this while trying a google search, which might explain better the problem I'm having. Now, this was from using DP 4.1, so I'm PRAYING this feature exists now!!
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This month I've been doing a lot of MIDI editing, both in DP 4.1, and, yes, I'll admit it, Cubase SX — on a PC! I know, I shouldn't have, but I had no choice... While it'd be DP every time in that desert island studio, I was rather taken with a small but crucial feature of SX, DP's lack of which I'd never noticed until now.
Basically, when you move a MIDI event or Soundbite in one of DP's graphic editors, the move is subject to the current Edit Resolution, and whether the Edit Grid is turned on or not. This is usually configured with the Edit Resolution toggle-button and pop-up menu that sits at the top right of the Graphic and Sequence Editor windows.
When the grid is toggled 'off', you can move the MIDI event or Soundbite anywhere you like in time, but when the grid is on, the smallest move you can make is exactly equal to the setting in the pop-up menu. That seems perfectly intuitive, but DP's approach is to maintain the position of the moved event relative to its original location. So if the event was originally somewhere between two beats, after the move it'll end up still between two beats, albeit a different two beats.