Instruction Manual

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The Envelope Editing and Node Editing Menus
Automation
To Draw a Mute Envelope
1. In the Clips pane, right-click in the track you want to mute, and choose
Envelopes-Create Track Envelope-Automated Mute from the Clips
pane popup menu.
An envelope appears at the bottom of the track.
2. Add nodes to the envelope and edit it so that the envelope is more than
50% of its maximum height wherever you want the track muted.
To Record a Mute Button’s Movement
1. Right-click the Mute button you want to automate and choose Switch
to Automated Mute from the popup menu.
2. Make sure the Mute button or its whole track is write-enabled.
3. Start playback or recording, and click the Mute button on and off where
appropriate.
4. Click the Stop button in the transport toolbar or press the spacebar
when the track has been muted in the appropriate places.
SONAR draws an automated mute envelope in the track you recorded on.
Before you listen to your track, make sure that the Enable/Disable
Automation Playback button in the Automation toolbar is enabled.