Reference Guide

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Working with StudioWare
External devices
Recording control movements
You can move the controls in a StudioWare panel while playing back a project to adjust the levels or
other MIDI activity that the panel is designed to accommodate. In addition, you can record changes
that you make to the controls in a panel so that these changes become a part of your project.
Recording changes so that they play back automatically is known as automation.
There are two general approaches to recording control movements, as indicated in the following
table.
The first approach is useful, for example, when your project contains a variety of distinct sections
and you want to make a sudden change in one or more settings between the sections.
The latter approach is most useful when you want to create smooth transitions from one section to
another. For example, you could slowly add modulation to a MIDI piano or move the faders on a
digital mixing console. Once you record these changes, they will play back along with your project
automatically.
StudioWare lets you record and re-record automation data as many times as necessary. When you
record new movements for a control, any old events for that control are replaced by the newer ones.
Movements of other controls are unaffected. You can re-record moves again and again until you’ve
got the movement exactly the way you want it. You can also edit automation data using the Notes
pane in the Piano Roll view.
Approach How it works
Snapshot You set all the controls to the values you want, and then create a snapshot of
these settings at a particular Now time. When you play back the project later, all
the controls will snap back to these settings when you reach the appropriate Now
time.
Real-time recording You move controls in any way you like, recording the series of changes you make
so they become part of your project. When you play back the project later, the
controls move exactly as you recorded them.
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