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Automation
Writing automation data
5. If you click and hold, you can draw a curve by adding many automation events.
Note that the track color in the track list changes to red to indicate that automation
data is being written.
6. When you release the mouse button, the number of automation events is reduced,
but the basic shape of the curve remains the same.
This “thinning out” of events is governed by the Reduction Level setting in the
Automation Settings section of the Automation Preferences, see
“Automation
Settings” on page 297.
7. If you now activate playback, the automated parameter will change with the
automation curve.
In the MixConsole, the corresponding fader moves accordingly.
8. Repeat the procedure if you are not happy with the result.
If you draw over existing events, a new curve is created.
Apart from the Draw tool, you can use the following tools to draw automation events:
• Object Selection tool
If Read is activated and you click on an automation track with the Object Selection
tool, you can add automation events. Note that events introduced between two
existing events that do not deviate from the existing curve are removed as soon as
you release the mouse button.
• Line tool – Line mode
To activate the Line tool in Line mode, click on the Line tool and click again to open
a pop-up menu where you can select the Line option. If you click on the automation
track and drag with the Line tool in Line mode, you can create automation events in
a line. This is a quick way to create linear fades, etc.
• Line tool – Parabola mode
To activate the Line tool in Parabola mode, click on the Line tool and click again to
open a pop-up menu where you can select the Parabola option. If you click and
drag on the automation track with the Line tool in Parabola mode, you can create
more “natural” curves and fades. Note that the result depends on the direction
from which you draw the parabolic curve.