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Automation Methods
Automation
When you add multiple envelopes to a track, you can choose which envelopes you want to display.
See “Showing or Hiding Envelopes” on page 717.
You can also draw envelopes on audio tracks. See “Creating and Editing Audio Envelopes” on page
710.
See also:
Dotted Lines
The Envelope Editing and Node Editing menus
Automated Muting
Using Control Groups
Deleting Envelopes
Snapshots
Recording Individual Fader or Knob Movements
Dotted Lines
The dotted line in an envelope shows two things:
• There is no automation data at the time in a track where the dotted line is.
• The value of the last piece of automation data that exists before the dotted line is represented by
the vertical level of the dotted line.
You can move an automated control while your project plays, and if you move it during a time where
that control has a dotted line in its envelope, the control will stay where you move it. As soon as the
Now time reaches a node or solid line, the control snaps to the value of the node or solid line.
Using the Envelope Draw Tool
The Envelope Draw tool allows you to draw both freehand and preset shapes on an existing
envelope.
To Draw Freehand
1. Activate the envelope you want to edit (click it with the Envelope tool ).
2. Enable the Envelope Draw tool: click in the Track view toolbar.
3. Click the drop-down arrow on the side of the Envelope Draw tool, and select Freehand from the
menu.
4. Click and hold the mouse button in the Clips pane at the place where you want to edit the
envelope. Drag to the right or left to draw the desired shape, and release the mouse when you’re
finished.