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Automation Methods
Automation
You can also draw envelopes on audio clips, but only for gain, pan, and any automatable effects that
are inserted on the clips. On MIDI clips, you can draw velocity envelopes. If there is already a Track-
level envelope on the clip, the clip envelope data merges with the track envelope data.
To Draw Envelopes on Clips
1. Right-click the clip that you want to draw the envelope on.
The Clips pane pop-up menu appears.
2. Choose Envelopes > Clip > (Gain or Pan or Velocity) from the menu.
An envelope appears on the clip with a node at each end.
Edit the envelope just as you would a track envelope, using the Select tool, the Envelope tool, and
the Envelope Draw tool.
See also:
The Envelope Editing and Node Editing menus
Using the Envelope Draw Tool
Creating and Editing Audio Envelopes
Creating and Editing MIDI Envelopes
Showing or Hiding Envelopes
Deleting Envelopes
Snapshots
Recording Individual Fader or Knob Movements
Showing or Hiding Envelopes
You can choose to show or hide any or all envelopes in a track or bus.
To Show or Hide All Envelopes
1. In the Track view toolbar, click the drop-down arrow that’s next to the Envelope tool to
display the Envelope Options menu.
2. Choose either Show All Envelopes or Hide All Envelopes.
To Show All of One Kind of Envelope
1. In the Track view toolbar, click the drop-down arrow that’s next to the Envelope tool to
display the Envelope Options menu.
Note: The Trim value of a track is actually a clip parameter, not a track parameter. SONAR
applies clip volume settings, including Trim, to a clip before the clip’s audio data reaches any
plug-in effects. Effects can sound very different when their incoming data changes volume, even
if the final volume is unchanged.