Instruction Manual

Automation
Automation means to record the movement of a fader, knob, or other control so that the
next time you play your project, that control moves automatically. SONAR allows you to
graphically automate much more than just volume and pan controls—you can automate
individual controls, faders, and knobs that control the main outs, individual tracks, buses,
individual effects’ parameters (including some plug-in synths), and even individual clips.
Easy to use read and write controls are featured on each automatable component of
SONAR.
You can also group several controls together and automate them all by recording only a
single control’s movements. You can draw freehand and geometric automation curves
with the Envelope Draw tool. All automatable controls are in the Console view and the
Track view (including the Clips pane), however, you can also graphically automate MIDI
controllers from the Piano Roll view in addition to the Console and Track views. You can
enable or disable all automation by clicking the Enable/Disable Automation Playback
button in the Automation toolbar. You can also enable or disable automation by track or
by parameter using the Automation Read button on track strips, buses, effects bins and
soft synths. This is a handy way to turn off automation for a particular section of
parameters while mixing. Display the Automation toolbar by using the Views-Toolbars
command and making sure that the Automation checkbox is checked in the Toolbars
dialog box.
See:
Quick Automation Guide
The Automation Toolbar
Automation Methods