User Manual

MIX AUTOMATION
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Selective overwriting
You can selectively overwrite automation data
while preserving other data by temporarily
disabling certain effects parameters in the track
beforehand. The disabled parameters will not be
overwritten, as shown below in Figure 71-10.
Figure 71-10: In this example, everything except volume automation
has been temporarily disabled. In Overwrite mode, volume data is
overwritten with the current positions of the fader.
Switching to Touch mode after overwriting
Overwrite mode is generally used once in one pass,
usually at the start of the mixing stage of your
project, or perhaps to wipe over a section that you
want to remix entirely. After overwriting, you
generally want to touch up the mix from there with
the other automation modes (Touch, Latch, etc.)
For your convenience, the Automation Setup
window (Figure 71-3) has a check box option
called Overwrite mode changes to touch after pass.
Check this option if you’d like tracks currently in
Overwrite mode to automatically switch back to
Touch mode after you do an overwrite record pass,
so that you don’t keep overwriting again and again.
Touch and Latch modes
With the Touch, Latch, Trim Touch and Trim Latch
modes, only the parameter you are adjusting is
overwritten (or scaled, in the case of the two trim
modes). In addition, recording only takes place
when you adjust the knob, fader or other control
item for the parameter. These modes are the safest
because you won’t accidentally overwrite existing
automation data; they’ll only record when you
deliberately adjust a control. Just be careful not to
record adjustments during playback that are not
meant to be inserted. See “Reasons to disable
automation” on page 831.
The Trim modes
Trim Touch and Trim Latch modes scale existing
volume data or send level data in the track, rather
than overwriting it. The two trim modes allow you
to increase or decrease volume or send level while
maintaining the existing contour in the track. For
example, you might painstakingly program a
detailed, dynamic volume mix for a track, but later
decide that you want to raise the whole thing by 1
dB.
Accordingly, when you switch from a non-trim
mode to a trim mode, the scale of the volume fader
for the track changes from the normal scale where
zero dB is unity gain to a relative scale where zero is
the current volume level in the track, whatever it
may be at any given moment. The two scales are
shown below in Figure 71-11:
Figure 71-11: Latch mode displays the usual volume scale, where 0 dB
is unity gain. Trim Latch mode (and Trim Touch) show a relative scale
where zero dB is the current automation level in the track at any
given location. The send knobs also go into trim mode, as shown.
After
Before
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ormal
scale
Trim
scale