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My drummer sadly rather than corrects smoothly and gracefully as the example in the paper just will have one beat that suddenly lands back on the grid which is really jarring if its not edited out.
So really macro level stuff like deciding to push the beat on a particular part and lay back for another part is still feel but not specifically groove.
Anyone got any links to studies where that theory is actually tested?
Regarding quantized drums not sounding (or more accurately not feeling) good though, I'm convinced that's mainly down to lazy programming.
Tempo maps are there for a reason and tempo changes of a few bpm between verse and chorus like a real drummer does are an obvious thing to try (especially slowing it noticeably for the cliched quiet third verse), but even just advancing the entire snare track alone by a handful of milliseconds can give a genuine sense of urgency to a passage without the listener noticing what's happened.
Did I read somewhere that Kylie's Can't get you out of my head gradually increases tempo throughout the entire song? If so, it shows that even in purely programmed music we respond to an imperceptible ramping up of urgency on a subliminal level.