Reference Manual
CHAPTER 17. AUTOMATION AND EDITING ENVELOPES 222
17.4.1 Drawing Envelopes
With Draw Mode enabled, you can click and drag to draw an envelope curve.
The Draw Mode Switch.
To toggle Draw Mode, select the Draw Mode option from the Options menu, click on the
Control Bar's Draw Mode switch, or press
Ctrl
B
(PC) /
B
(Mac).
Drawing an Envelope.
Drawing creates steps as wide as the visible grid, which you can modify using a number
of handy shortcuts. For freehand drawing, you can hide the grid using the Snap to Grid
Options menu entry or the
Ctrl
4
(PC) /
4
(Mac) shortcut.
17.4.2 Editing Breakpoints
With Draw Mode off, the envelope display looks and works differently. The line segments
and the breakpoints connecting them become draggable objects. Clicking and dragging in
the envelope's background denes a selection. Here is what you can do:
Double-click at a position on a line segment to create a new breakpoint there.
Double-click on a breakpoint to delete it.
Click and drag a breakpoint to move it to the desired location. If the breakpoint you
are dragging is in the current selection, all other breakpoints in the selection will follow
the movement.