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3 In the Mix or Edit window, click the Automa-
tion Mode selector of the track you want to au-
tomate, and select Touch or Latch mode.
4 In each track you want to automate, click the
Track View selector and select mute.
5 Place the cursor before the start of the mute
event you want to extend.
6 Start playback.
7 Press Command (Mac) or Control (Windows)
and the track Mute button before the start of the
mute event you want to extend.
8 Before the end of the second mute event, release
the key and the Mute button.
9 When you have finished the automation pass,
click Stop.
Creating Snapshot
Automation
(Pro Tools | Ultimate Software Only)
Pro Tools Ultimate lets you write automation data
values for multiple parameters in a single step.
You can write snapshot automation in two ways:
To a Selection Automation data is written to the
Timeline selection (as well as the Edit selection if
linked). Anchor breakpoints are placed just before
and after the selection so that data outside the se-
lection is not affected.
To a Cursor Location Automation data is written
at the insertion point. After the insertion point, the
automation ramps to the next breakpoint value, or
if no breakpoints exist, remains at the newly writ-
ten value for the remainder of the session.
For more information on cutting, copying, and
pasting automation data within a session, see
“Writing Automation to the Start, End, or All of a
Track or Selection” on page 1164.
To extend mute states on multiple tracks, set
all the tracks to the same Automation mode.
Placing the cursor before the start of a mute event
To extend mute states on multiple tracks,
press Option+Command (Mac) or Alt+Con-
trol (Windows) and the Mute button on the
track.
If you extend past the subsequent on or off
event, the entire event will be changed.
Stopping automation before the end of a mute event
Example of mute state extended (up to automation
pass end)
For MIDI automation, the Write To, Trim To,
and Glide To commands only apply to MIDI
Volume, MIDI Pan, and MIDI Mute. MIDI
parameters cannot use the Write To com-
mands.