Instruction Manual

696 Automation

Automation Methods

Using Control Groups

Creating and Editing Audio Envelopes

Creating and Editing MIDI Envelopes

Showing or Hiding Envelopes

Deleting Envelopes

Snapshots

Creating and Editing Audio Envelopes

You can create audio envelopes for both audio tracks and buses. Drawing

an envelope for audio data overwrites any preexisting envelope for the

same parameter that occurs at the same time in the same track or bus.

After you create an envelope, you can edit it with the following procedure,

but you can also edit by using the Envelope Draw tool to draw freehand or

preset shapes. See Using the Envelope Draw Tool for more information.

To Create and Edit Audio Envelopes with the Select or

Envelope Tools

1. Right-click in the Clips pane in the track (or bus) you want to automate.

The Clips pane popup menu appears.

2. From the menu, choose Envelopes-Create Track Envelope-(name of

the control you want to automate). Notice the envelope’s color at the

right side of the menu.

The envelope appears in the Clips pane as a straight, dotted line in the

envelope’s individual color, with a node (very small circle) at the

beginning. When you move the cursor over the envelope, a vertical,

double-ended arrow appears under it with the name and current value

of the envelope in a box next to the cursor. The envelope’s vertical

position reflects the current value of the parameter you are editing.

A. Node B. Envelope name and current value C. Envelope value range

A B