Time shifting "breaks" track groups - any ideas?
Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2025 6:40 am
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I have a question about track grouping and editing - insight appreciated.
I usually track electric guitars from three sources at once: a mic'ed cabinet, a DI input and through a Captor X (I take a raw and cab sim output from the Captor). When I start editing, I create a group for these 4 tracks to edit them together - no problem. However, the Captor X introduces additional latency that DP can't auto correct (since it's not a plug-in), so while the soundbites are time aligned, the audio is not.
If I blend the signals as they are, I get comb filtering from the phase difference between the Captor and Mic'ed cab signals (I rarely use the DI, its there as a backup or if I end up needing re-amping), so I must shift the Captor X tracks forward in time to align them with the mic'ed track.
Doing this "breaks" the group. I now have to manually select the time shifted tracks for them to rejoin the group for editing. Creating a new group from the corrected and uncorrected tracks doesn't work either - I'm assuming it's because I've shifted the soundbite start times relative to one another.
Anyone know a way to get time shifted tracks to rejoin a group, or is there another way to accomplish the time shift rather than moving the tracks relative to one another?
I have a question about track grouping and editing - insight appreciated.
I usually track electric guitars from three sources at once: a mic'ed cabinet, a DI input and through a Captor X (I take a raw and cab sim output from the Captor). When I start editing, I create a group for these 4 tracks to edit them together - no problem. However, the Captor X introduces additional latency that DP can't auto correct (since it's not a plug-in), so while the soundbites are time aligned, the audio is not.
If I blend the signals as they are, I get comb filtering from the phase difference between the Captor and Mic'ed cab signals (I rarely use the DI, its there as a backup or if I end up needing re-amping), so I must shift the Captor X tracks forward in time to align them with the mic'ed track.
Doing this "breaks" the group. I now have to manually select the time shifted tracks for them to rejoin the group for editing. Creating a new group from the corrected and uncorrected tracks doesn't work either - I'm assuming it's because I've shifted the soundbite start times relative to one another.
Anyone know a way to get time shifted tracks to rejoin a group, or is there another way to accomplish the time shift rather than moving the tracks relative to one another?