Reference Guide

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Automation
Quick automation guide
“Recording individual fader or knob movements” on page 949
“Creating an editing automation envelopes” on page 950
“Automating track and bus mute” on page 959
“Envelope mode and Offset mode” on page 960
“Converting MIDI controllers to envelopes” on page 963
“Snapshots” on page 964
“Automating individual effects parameters” on page 965
Quick automation guide
The following table summarizes Console and Track view automation.
In addition, SONAR allows you to copy and paste envelopes between tracks. The only controls that
you can’t automate are the Arm, Solo, Pre/Post, Interleave (Mono/Stereo selector), Bus Enable,
and Phase buttons, and the Trim fader.
For step-by-step instructions, see:
What you can
automate
Parameters you can automate How you can automate them
Individual tracks Gain, pan, mute, bus send gain, bus
send balance, MIDI controllers, MIDI
chorus and reverb, pitch wheel, channel
aftertouch, RPN and NRPN
Draw envelopes in the Clips pane, record
the fader movements, or take a snapshot
Buses Input gain and pan, output gain and pan Draw envelopes in the Clips pane, record
the fader movements, or take a snapshot
Individual effects Varies with the effect Draw envelopes in the Clips pane, record
the fader movements, or take a snapshot
Soft Synth controls Varies with the synth See “Drawing soft synth automation in the
Clips pane” on page 793 and “Automating
controls from the Synth Rack” on page
792.
Groups of faders or
other controls
Whatever the faders or other controls in
the group control
Record fader movements
Individual clips Gain and pan for audio clips, velocity for
MIDI clips
Draw envelopes in the Clips pane
Table 174.