Instruction Manual

692 Automation
Automation Methods
enable or disable any automation data the project contains.
• Enable/Disable Automation Recording—Click this button to globally
turn on/off the ability to record automation.
• Snapshot—Click this button to take a snapshot of all controls at a
particular Now time. When you play back your project, when your
project reaches the Now time where you took the snapshot, all controls
snap to the positions they held when you took the snapshot.
• Clear All Automation Write Enables—Click this button to disarm
every control that is armed for automation recording.
• Envelope/Offset mode—Click this button to toggle between Envelope
mode and Offset mode. For more information on the Envelope and
Offset modes, see Envelope Mode and Offset Mode.
See also:
Automation Methods
Automation Methods
There are several ways to automate controls in the Track and Console
views:
• Recording the movements of individual faders, knobs, or controls—this
method includes any knob, slider, or control except the Solo, Arm,
Phase, Interleave, Vol Trim, Bus Enable, Pre/Post buttons, bank,
patch, channel, key+, time+, input and output
• Drawing envelopes in the Clips pane for audio and/or MIDI data—an
envelope is a graph of the change in level of a particular parameter
over time
• Recording automation data from an external controller
•Snapshots
For step-by-step instructions, see:
Automation Read and Automation Write Buttons
Recording Individual Fader or Knob Movements
Creating and Editing Audio Envelopes
Creating and Editing MIDI Envelopes
Using the Envelope Draw Tool
Drawing Envelopes on Clips