Reference Guide

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Automation
Quick Automation Guide
Quick Automation Guide
The following table summarizes Console and Track view automation:
In addition, SONAR allows you to copy and paste envelopes between tracks. The only controls that
you can’t automate are the Arm, Solo, Pre/Post, Interleave (Mono/Stereo selector), Bus Enable,
and Phase buttons; and the Trim fader.
For step-by-step instructions, see:
The Automation Toolbar
Automation Methods
Recording Individual Fader or Knob Movements
Creating and Editing Audio Envelopes
Creating and Editing MIDI Envelopes
Drawing Envelopes on Clips
What you can
automate
Parameters you can automate How you can automate them
Individual tracks Gain, pan, mute, bus send gain, bus
send balance, MIDI controllers, MIDI
chorus and reverb, pitch wheel, channel
aftertouch, RPN and NRPN
Draw envelopes in the Clips pane, record
the fader movements, or take a snapshot
Buses Input gain and pan, output gain and pan Draw envelopes in the Clips pane, record
the fader movements, or take a snapshot
Individual effects Varies with the effect Draw envelopes in the Clips pane, record
the fader movements, or take a snapshot
Soft Synth controls Varies with the synth See “Drawing Soft Synth Automation in
the Clips Pane” on page 583 and
“Automating Controls from the Synth
Rack” on page 582.
Groups of faders or
other controls
Whatever the faders or other controls in
the group control
Record fader movements
Individual clips Gain and pan for audio clips, velocity for
MIDI clips
Draw envelopes in the Clips pane
Table 141.