Yamaha AW 16G Chapter 12

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Chapter 12

Track editing

This chapter explains how you can edit the audio data recorded in an

audio track, and how to edit the pad events recorded in a pad track.

What you can do using editing commands

The AW16G provides various editing commands for edit-

ing the recorded audio tracks and pad tracks. Editing

commands are functions that let you specify a track or

region, and delete or move the data of that track or

region. The AW16G provides the following editing com-

mands.

●ERASE

Erases the data of the speciﬁed region.

●DELETE

Deletes the data of the speciﬁed region. Any data that

follows the deleted region will be moved forward by

the corresponding distance.

●INSERT

Inserts blank space into the speciﬁed region.

●COPY

Copies the data from the speciﬁed region to the

desired location of the desired track.

●MOVE

Moves the data from the speciﬁed region to the

desired location of the desired track. The move-

source data will be erased.

●EXCHANGE

Exchanges data between the speciﬁed tracks.

● TIME COMP/EXP (Time Compression/Expansion)

Adjusts the length of the speciﬁed region of an audio

track without affecting its pitch.

●PITCH CHANGE

Adjusts the pitch of the speciﬁed region of an audio

track without affecting its length.

●EXPORT

Writes the speciﬁed region of an audio track (or a

sample assigned to a pad) to a WAV ﬁle.

Tip!

The EXCHANGE, TIME COMP/EXP, PITCH CHANGE,

and EXPORT commands can only be used on audio

tracks. The remaining commands can be used on either

audio tracks or pad tracks.

Here are some ways in which you can use these editing

commands.

1Erase unwanted regions

You can use the ERASE command to erase just a

speciﬁc region of a speciﬁc track. For example, this

provides a convenient way to erase a few wrong

notes from a performance, or to eliminate noise that

occurred while an instrument was not playing.

BChange the structure of the tracks

You can use the EXCHANGE command to

exchange an entire track with another track. By

using this command you can bring tracks of widely

separated track numbers closer to each other for

easier operation during mixdown.

You can use the COPY or MOVE commands to

copy/move the speciﬁed region of a track to a differ-

ent track. This is convenient when you have

recorded a solo part among two or more virtual

tracks, and want to assemble the best parts into a

single track.

CChange the structure of the song

You can use the DELETE or COPY commands to

delete/copy entire tracks, changing the structure of

the song itself. Even after all parts of the song have

been recorded, you can use this method to adjust

the length of the song, for example by shortening

the number of measures or increasing the number

of choruses.

DCreate special effects

You can also use editing commands to create spe-

cial effects. For example, you can copy a guitar or

vocal solo part to another track and use the PITCH

CHANGE command to slightly detune one of these

tracks, creating a chorus effect without using the

internal effect processor. By applying the PITCH

CHANGE command to a drum track to lower the

pitch, you can create a unique lo-ﬁ effect.