User Manual

VCA TRACKS
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VCA track mute automation
VCA track mute automation overrides any track
mute automation in the grouped tracks controlled
by the VCA track. Similar to volume automation,
green lines in the group track indicate the effect of
the VCA mute automation.
Setting the colors for VCA volume and mute
automation
To customize the colors for VCA volume and mute
automation, choose View menu > Colors > Set VCA
Volu m e Co lo r and View menu > Colors > Set VCA
Mute Color. A standard macOS or Windows color
picker appears, allow you to set the color.
To reset the colors, choose Reset VCA Colors to
Default from the same sub-menu.
RELEASING A VCA TRACK FROM ITS GROUP
If you wish to disconnect a VCA track from its
currently assigned group, choose None from its
output menu. When you do so, you will see the
alert shown in Figure 19-5.
Figure 19-5: Disconnecting a VCA track from one or more tracks.
As explained earlier, VCA tracks scale the volume
fader and and any volume automation of the tracks
they control. If you want to retain that scaled result,
even after the VCA is disconnected, click Retain. If
you want the track to revert to its volume setting
and/or original automation data, unaffected by the
VCA, choose Revert.
MIDI TRACKS AND VCA TRACKS
MIDI tracks can be controlled by a VCA track in
similar fashion to audio tracks. Automation data is
displayed in green, as with audio tracks, in points,
bars and lines mode, as shown in Figure 19-6. VCA
mute events appear in the median strip.
Figure 19-6: Similar to audio tracks, MIDI volume controllers scaled
by VCA faders display their scaled value in green.
EXPORTING TO EARLIER VERSIONS OF DP
If you use the Save As command to save your
project as a Digital Performer Version 9 project (or
earlier), which does not support VCA tracks, VCA
tracks will disappear from the project. In addition,
group tracks with automation data being scaled by
a VCA track will retain the VCA scaling, similar to
clicking the Retain button in Figure 19-5. This
means that the track will sound the same, even
after being exported to an earlier version.
Bars mode
Points mode
Lines mode