Reference Guide

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Automation
Automation Methods
• To write-enable an individual track or bus control, right-click the fader or control you want to
automate and choose Automation Write Enable from the pop-up menu.
• To write-enable individual plug-in parameters, right-click the name of the plug-in in the FX bin,
and choose Write Enable Parameter from the pop-up menu. This opens a dialog that allows
you to choose which parameters to write-enable.
• To write-enable individual synth parameters, right-click the synth’s Automation Write button in
the Synth Rack, and choose Write Enable Parameter from the pop-up menu. This opens a
dialog that allows you to choose which parameters to write-enable.
• To write-enable all parameters in an audio track, bus, synth, or effect, enable the Automation
Write button on the track, bus, Synth Rack strip, or plug-in property page you are recording
automation for. Enabling the Automation Write button on a track or bus also write-enables all
parameters of any effects on the track or bus.
2. Start playback or recording.
3. Move the armed parameter control(s).
4. Stop playback or recording.
After you record the automation data, SONAR draws a graph of it (an envelope) in the Clips pane,
which you can edit with the mouse by adding and dragging nodes. Once you record automation data
in a track, the widget that you automated displays an indicator to show that automation has been
applied. You can also group controls, so that automating one control automates all the controls in the
group.
See also:
The Automation Toolbar
Automated Muting
Using Control Groups
Creating and Editing Audio Envelopes
Creating and Editing MIDI Envelopes
Showing or Hiding Envelopes
Deleting Envelopes
Snapshots
Creating and Editing Audio Envelopes
You can create audio envelopes for both audio tracks and buses. Drawing an envelope for audio
data overwrites any preexisting envelope for the same parameter that occurs at the same time in the
same track or bus.
After you create an envelope, you can edit it with the following procedure, but you can also edit by
using the Envelope Draw tool to draw freehand or preset shapes. See “Using the Envelope Draw
Tool” on page 715 for more information.