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Automation
Editing automation events
• Line tool – Sine, Triangle, or Square mode
To activate the Line tool in these modes, click on the Line tool and click again to
open a pop-up menu where you can select the desired option. If you click and drag
on the automation track with the Line tool in Sine, Triangle, or Square mode and
snap to grid is activated, the period of the curve (the length of one curve “cycle”) is
determined by the grid setting. If you press [Shift] and drag, you can set the period
length manually, in multiples of the grid value.
Ö The Line tool can only be used for ramp type automation curves.
Editing automation events
Automation events can be edited much like other events. You can cut, copy, paste,
and nudge events, etc.
Selecting automation events
• To select a single automation event, click on it with the Object Selection tool.
The event turns black, and you can drag it in any direction between two events.
• To select multiple events, you can either [Shift]-click on the events or drag a
selection rectangle with the Object Selection tool.
All events inside the selection rectangle will be selected and the automation track
editor becomes available, see below.
Drawing a selection rectangle around events to select them.
• To select all automation events on an automation track, right-click the automation
track in the track list and choose “Select All Events” from the context menu.
Editing in the automation track editor
The automation track editor allows you to perform additional scaling operations for
selection ranges on existing controller curves. The editor is automatically displayed
when you drag a selection rectangle with the Object Selection tool on a ramp type
automation track.