Instruction Manual

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Automation Methods
Automation
Make sure the Automation Read button is enabled, play your track and
listen to the results. You can undo any step by using the Edit-Undo
command (Ctrl+Z) directly after that step. You can play back your project
with or without the automation data by clicking the Enable Automation
Playback button in the Automation toolbar.
When you add multiple envelopes to a track, you can choose which
envelopes you want to display. See Showing or Hiding Envelopes.
You can also draw envelopes on audio tracks. See Creating and Editing
Audio Envelopes.
See also:
Dotted Lines
The Envelope Editing and Node Editing Menus
Automated Muting
Using Control Groups
Deleting Envelopes
Snapshots
Recording Individual Fader or Knob Movements
Dotted Lines
The dotted line in an envelope shows two things:
• There is no automation data at the time in a track where the dotted line
is.
• The value of the last piece of automation data that exists before the
dotted line is represented by the vertical level of the dotted line.
You can move an automated control while your project plays, and if you
move it during a time where that control has a dotted line in its envelope,
the control will stay where you move it. As soon as the Now time reaches a
node or solid line, the control snaps to the value of the node or solid line.
Using the Envelope Draw Tool
The Envelope Draw tool allows you to draw both freehand and preset
shapes on an existing envelope.