User Manual

MIX AUTOMATION
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MIX AUTOMATION SETUP
The Automation Setup window (Setup menu)
provides dynamic control over automation, from a
global level to the most detailed level in specific
tracks. The Automation Setup window stays open
so that you can easily access its features as you
work.
Figure 71-3: Automation Setup window (Setup menu).
GLOBAL AUTOMATION ENABLE/DISABLE
As you work with automation, there will be times
when you want to temporarily disable automation
and later re-enable it. Automation features can be
enabled and disabled at any time on several levels:
■ Globally (all automation)
■ Globally by type of automation
■ Per track
■ Per individual effect parameters in a track
The global automation settings let you enable or
disable automation altogether, or individually by
several types of automation.
Figure 71-4: The global automation enable/disable settings.
To temporarily disable automation altogether,
uncheck the Enable Automation check box. Doing
so disables the playback or recording of all
automation data (including volume and pan),
although the data in each track remains unchanged
(Figure 71-5), ready for reactivation. To re-enable
automation, check the Global Automation check
box.
Figure 71-5: When you disable automation data, it appears as a
dashed line in the Sequence Editor.
Enabling/disabling globally by data type
Similarly, the Global Automation section
(Figure 71-4) has individual enable/disable check
boxes for categories of automation data (for both
audio and MIDI tracks), including mute, volume,
pan, send mutes, send levels, and plug-in effects
parameters. For example, you might want to
temporarily disable plug-in automation, while
maintaining volume and pan automation.
AUTOMATION SETUP FOR EACH TRACK
The Automation Setup window (Figure 71-3) also
provides independent automation settings for each
track (Figure 71-6). You can enable/disable
automation recording, playback, and even
individual plug-in parameters. In addition, you
can choose one of the different automation
recording modes. For convenience, some of these
settings are duplicated in each track’s channel strip
in the Mixing Board, as well as the track settings
section in the Sequence Editor (Figure 71-7).
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