Reference Guide

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Automation
Automation methods
3. Start playback or recording, and click the Mute button on and off where appropriate.
4. Click the Stop button press the SPACEBAR when the track has been muted in the appropriate
places.
SONAR draws an automated mute envelope in the track you recorded on. Before you listen to your
track, make sure the Global Automation Playback button is enabled in the Control Bar’s Mix
module.
See:
“Automation” on page 945
“Quick automation guide” on page 946
“Automation methods” on page 947
“Automating effects” on page 965
“Recording automation data from an external controller” on page 967
“Automation Read and Automation Write buttons” on page 948
“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
“Converting MIDI controllers to envelopes” on page 963
“Snapshots” on page 964
“Automating individual effects parameters” on page 965
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.
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.