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The Automation Toolbar

Automation

Showing or Hiding Envelopes

Deleting Envelopes

Copying and Pasting Envelopes

Snapshots

The Automation Toolbar

A. Punch-in time B. Punch-out time C. Set Punch to Selection D. Current record mode E. Automation record

options F. Snapshot G. Disarm all controls H. Enable Automation Playback

Display the Automation toolbar by using the Views > Toolbars command to open

the Toolbars dialog box, and making sure that the Automation check box is checked. If you slide the

cursor over each button or field in the toolbar, tooltips pop up to tell you each function. The

Automation toolbar gives you quick access to some powerful automation controls:

• Enable/Disable Automation Playback. Click this button to either enable or disable any

automation data the project contains.

• Enable/Disable Automation Recording. Click this button to globally turn on/off the ability to

record automation.

• Snapshot. Click this button to take a snapshot of all controls at a particular Now time. When you

play back your project, when your project reaches the Now time where you took the snapshot, all

controls snap to the positions they held when you took the snapshot.

• Clear All Automation Write Enables. Click this button to disarm every control that is armed for

automation recording.

• Envelope/Offset mode. Click this button to toggle between Envelope mode and Offset mode.

For more information about the Envelope and Offset modes, see Envelope Mode and Offset

Mode.