Reference Guide

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Automating effects
Automation
3. If you opened the Clips pane pop-up menu, choose Envelopes > Create Track Envelope >
(name of the effect you patched). If you opened the Bus pane pop-up menu, choose Create
Bus Envelope > (name of the effect you patched).
The effect’s envelope dialog box appears, listing all the parameters you can automate in the
Envelope Exists list.
4. Check all the parameters you want to create envelopes for; as you check each envelope choice,
you can choose a color for the envelope by clicking the Choose Color button that’s in the lower
right corner of the dialog box.
5. Click OK.
All the envelopes that you checked appear in the track or bus you were working in. You can edit
them just like any other envelopes.
See also:
“Automation” on page 1001
“Quick automation guide” on page 1003
“Automation methods” on page 1004
“Automation write modes (Producer and Studio only)” on page 1005
“Automation time base” on page 1006
“Automation Read and Automation Write buttons” on page 1007
“Recording individual fader or knob movements” on page 1009
“Automation lanes” on page 1010
“Creating and editing automation envelopes” on page 1019
“Automating track and bus mute” on page 1030
“Envelope mode and Offset mode” on page 1031
“Converting MIDI controllers to envelopes” on page 1034
“Snapshots” on page 1035
“Recording automation data from an external controller” on page 1038
Note: You can change a plug-in envelope’s color whenever you want by highlighting its name
in the effect’s envelope dialog box and clicking the Choose Color button.