Reference Guide

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Automation
Automation Methods
• Enable the Automation Write button in the tracks and/or buses that you want to automate.
This also write-enables all parameters of any automatable effects that are in the track or bus.
You can click the Clear All Automation Write-Enabled button in the Automation toolbar
first if you want to make sure that no hidden tracks or buses are write-enabled.
• Or, disable all write-enabled parameters by clicking the Clear All Automation Write-Enabled
button in the Automation toolbar, and then right-click each parameter control that you want to
arm and select Automation Write Enable from the pop-up menu.
• Or, if you want to automate all automatable parameters in a plug-in, enable the Automation
Write button in the effect or synth property page, or the synth’s strip in the Synth Rack. In the
Synth Rack, you can also move any new parameter knobs you’ve created with the Parameter
Learn function to create automation.
2. Set your armed parameters the way you want them.
3. Move the Now Time to the location where you want to create the snapshot.
4. Click the Snapshot button in the Automation toolbar to make the snapshot.
An indicator will appear on the control to show that automation has been added, and a node will
be added to the control's envelope on the track.
5. Make sure the Automation Read button for the tracks and/or buses you automated is enabled,
play your project and listen to the results. You can undo the snapshot by using the Undo
command, or by taking another snapshot at the same Now Time.
You can play back your project with or without the automation data by clicking the Enable
Automation Playback button in the Automation toolbar.
Successive snapshots do not update envelope node values
When taking multiple automation snapshots at the same Now time, new envelope nodes are created
instead of updating any existing envelope nodes. To address this issue, undo the previous
automation snapshot before performing a new snapshot.
Adding Nodes at a Selection
One of the most common automation tasks is to raise or lower an envelope over a specific time
range. The Add Nodes at Selection command simplifies this task: simply make a time selection,
right-click the desired envelope, and choose Add Nodes at Selection. Two pairs of nodes appear—
two nodes at the From time, and two nodes at the Thru time.
Each pair of nodes is only 2 milliseconds apart by default, so each pair looks like a single node, but
if you drag the envelope segment between the two pairs up or down, you can see all four nodes.
To Add Nodes at Selection
1. Make a time selection.
2. Right-click the desired envelope within the selected time range.
The Envelope Editing menu appears.