Reference Manual

262 Automation and Editing Envelopes
1. To show a track’s envelopes, “unfold“ the track by clicking the button next to the track
name. (Note that, for Group Tracks (page 196), you may need to expand the track’s
height in order to see its envelopes.)
2. Clicking on one of the track’s mixer or device controls will display this control’s envelope
on the clip track.
3. Envelopes appear “on top of“ the audio waveform or MIDI display. An envelope’s vertical
axis represents the control value and the horizontal axis represents time. For switches and
radio buttons, the value axis is discontinuous.
4. The Fades/Device chooser either selects audio clip fades (page 78), the track mixer,
one of the track’s devices or “None“ to hide the envelope. It also provides you with an
overview of which devices actually have automation by showing an LED next to their la-
bels. You can make things clearer still by selecting “Show Automated Parameters Only“
from the bottom of the chooser.
5. The Automation Control chooser selects a control from the device chosen in the Fades/
Device chooser. The labels of automated controls have an LED.
Once an envelope has been selected on the track, several new buttons appear:
6. The
button moves the envelope into its own automation lane below the clip. You can
then select another automation parameter from the choosers to view it simultaneously. If the
Fades/Device chooser is set to “None“, this button will be hidden.
7. The button hides its respective automation lane. Note that hiding a lane from view does
not deactivate its envelope.
8. If any automation lanes have been created for a given track, you can hide or show them
all by clicking the additional button that appears at the bottom of the track’s title bar.
Clicking [right-click](PC) / [CTRL-click](Mac) on a track name or automation lane header opens
a context menu with additional options for viewing envelopes. This context menu also contains
commands to quickly clear all automation envelopes for the track or any of its devices.
Automation editing for Session View clips is covered in detail in the Clip Envelopes chapter
(page 267).