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Automation Methods
Automation
Creating and Editing MIDI Envelopes
Drawing Envelopes on Clips
Showing or Hiding Envelopes
Copying and Pasting Envelopes
Snapshots
Envelope Mode and Offset Mode
There are two modes which control how your volume faders, pan faders, bus send faders, and bus
send pan faders behave during playback. The two modes are Envelope mode and Offset mode.
Envelope mode. In envelope mode, volume and pan faders follow the project’s automation and do
not respond to changes you make in real-time.
Offset mode. In Offset mode, you “offset” the current automation in a track using a parameter’s
controls. For example, if a pan envelope is set to hard left (100% left) and you adjust the pan in offset
mode to 100% right, then the pan parameter is now set to hard right. Setting the pan in offset mode
to 50% right would set the pan to the center.
To Turn On Offset Mode
There are several ways to turn on Offset mode in SONAR:
• In the Track view toolbar, click the drop-down arrow that’s next to Envelope Tool button.
Choose Offset from the menu to enable/disable Offset mode.
• In the Automation toolbar, click the Offset button.
• Press the O key.
In Offset mode, all controls that can be offset appear with a plus sign. For example Vol+.
The following audio controls support both Envelope and Offset modes:
Note: Any position that you set a fader to in Offset mode remains in effect when you switch
back to Envelope mode. For example, if you set a volume fader to -INF while in Offset mode,
switch to Envelope mode and drag the fader to its maximum level, you will not hear anything.
Control Envelope Mode Range Offset Mode Range
Volume -Infinity to +6dB, default is 0dB -Infinity to +6dB, default is 0dB
Pan 100% L to 100% R, default is C 100% L to 100% R, default is C
Bus Send Level -Infinity to +6dB, default is 0 dB -Infinity to +6dB, default is 0dB
Bus Send Pan 100% L to 100% R, default is C 100% L to 100% R, default is C
Bus Return Level -Infinity to +6dB, default is 0dB -Infinity to +6dB, default is 0dB
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