Amplitube 8 track editing

[Ellmar0]

Hi, first time posting here. I was wondering if someone could help me as far as cutting and deleting parts of a track. I know that you’re supposed to go to the waveform and double click to get the editing menu to open, but how do I highlight the part of the track I want to edit? Every time I try to drag those tiny arrows, it just deletes the entire track. Could really use some help. Thank you

[Sharmon123@]

Here is a quick and dirty tutorial on how to use the looper as an 8 track recorder that may help. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-gcSReo_ws

[Ellmar0]

Thanks for the link, but I can record individual tracks and slide them around etc. What I want to do..for example, if I make a mistake… say in the middle of a song, I want to point to the beginning of the mistake and drag through and highlight to the end of the mistake and delete just that portion. If anyone is used to using Audacity ..you can do just what I’m describing…you can delete it..add effects to it or whatever. I cannot dive into the middle of a song and edit it. I’m using it on iPad, I don’t know if that makes a difference, but it shouldn’t.

[Sharmon123@]

I am used to having Amplitube 5 as an effects processor for Presonus One which is very intuitive when it comes to moving around tracks and taking out bits and replacing them, overlays, etc. I don't know if the mini DAW in Amplitube 5 is a full blown DAW or just as a quick and dirty way to hear how the chain sounds in your song with all the tracks in place.

[Ellmar0]

Yeah, me too..the processor is good..I just run Amplitube through a power amp then out to a 4 x 12 cabinet. The recorder / DAW works well and is very easy to use as well as forgiving. It just bugs me a little about that editing feature…or non feature. I probably won’t need it if I want to edit out a mistake anyway because the punch in/out feature is absolutely seamless. Thank you again for your assistance.

[johnhines]

Select the track you wish to edit in Studio view. Move the play head to where you want to begin your edit and click the waveform again. A menu will pop-up and click "Split". Move the play head to the end of your cut and tap the Waveform again to bring up the pop-up menu and select "Split" again. Drag your "bad" audio to another track or delete it. You can then slide your tracks back together minus what you removed.

[Ellmar0]

That’s it!! That works perfectly. Thank you very much, man…I really appreciate the help.

[Hakham673]

Sure, I can help you with that. To highlight the part of the track you want to edit, you need to click and hold your mouse button at the beginning of the section you want to cut or delete, then drag your mouse to the end of the section and release the button. This should create a highlighted section of the waveform. Once you have that, you can use the editing menu to cut, copy, or delete the highlighted section. If you're still having trouble, let me know and I can guide you through it step-by-step.

[Ellmar0]

Thanks! I think part of the problem was with using an iPad without a mouse. I appreciate your help.

[Ellmar0]

Ok..last stupid question, I promise.

How do I turn the recorder daw OFF? I just want to play the guitar with the effects into my amp WITHOUT going through the recorder eq.

[RonHughes1954]

Sure, I can help you with that. To highlight the part of the track you want to edit, you need to click and hold your mouse button at the beginning of the section you want to cut or delete, then drag your mouse to the end of the section and release the button. This should create a highlighted section of the waveform. Once you have that, you can use the editing menu to cut, copy, or delete the highlighted section. If you're still having trouble, let me know and I can guide you through it step-by-step.

Hi. Hakham673. I've tried this but no highlighting happens, and when I try to cut or delete the section I want to remove, the whole track gets deleted. What am I doing wrong?

[R0lias-tg]

How do I turn the recorder daw OFF? I just want to play the guitar with the effects into my amp WITHOUT going through the recorder eq.

It's a little hard to parse exactly what you are after. If you want to turn off AmpliTube for a given track, use the Power button in the leftmost column next to where it says AmpliTube.

The second sentence makes me think you want to hear AmpliTube you just don't want to record anything, just don't hit the record button. When you say "eq" I'm lost. EQ is generally short for equalization but I don't believe the recorder does any equalization. Any EQ adjustment will be done by the AmpliTube chain you set up.

You can also avoid the 8-track recorder entirely and just use the Live or Looper modes of the AT5 host. I only have the macOS version of AT5 so things may be different on a different platform.