Instruction Manual

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Automating Effects

Automation

Controller

You can record automation data from an external controller or a MIDI

keyboard.

To Record Automation Data from an External Controller

1. In either the Track view or Console view, right-click the control or knob

that you want to control externally, and choose Remote Control from

the popup menu.

The Remote Control dialog box appears.

2. If your controller sends standard MIDI messages, RPN’s, or NRPN’s,

choose a controller (such as Wheel) with which to control your knob or

control (see Remote Control dialog for more information). Also choose

the MIDI channel your controller will be sending the automation data on

(it doesn’t have to be the same channel that the knob or control’s track

plays back on), and click OK.

3. If your controller works by sending SysX information instead, choose

options in the SysX fields (see Remote Control dialog for more

information), and click OK.

4. In either the Track or Console view, write enable the knob or control for

automation that you just configured for remote control.

5. Start playback or recording, and move the slider or wheel that you

selected on your external controller.

6. When you finish recording the automation, click the Stop button in the

Transport toolbar.

Listen to your project and either re-record the automation, or disable each

armed control by clicking the Disable Automation Recording button in the

Automation toolbar. You can disable remote control by right-clicking the

relevant knob or fader and choosing Disable Remote Control from the

popup menu.