Reference Manual

257 Automation and Editing Envelopes
Chapter 19
Automation and Editing
Envelopes
Often, when working with Live’s mixer and devices, you will want the controls’ movements to
become part of the music. The movement of a control across the song timeline or Session clip is
called automation; a control whose value changes in the course of this timeline is automated.
Practically all mixer and device controls in Live can be automated, including the song tempo.
19.1 Recording Automation in Arrangement View
Automation can be recorded to the Arrangement View in two ways:
1. by manually changing parameters while recording new material directly into the Arrange-
ment.
2. by recording a Session View performance into the Arrangement (page 94), if the Ses-
sion clips contain automation.
During Session-to-Arrangement recording, automation in Session clips is always recorded to the
Arrangement, as are any manual changes to parameters in tracks that are being recorded from
the Session.
When recording new material directly to the Arrangement, the Automation Arm button deter-
mines whether or not manual parameter changes will be recorded.
The Automation Arm Button.