User Manual

CHAPTER 18. AUTOMATION AND EDITING ENVELOPES 254
of the track's devices or None to hide the envelope. It also provides you with
an overview of which devices actually have automation by showing an LED next
to their labels. You can make things clearer still by selecting Show Automated
Parameters Only from the bottom of the chooser.
5. The Automation Control chooser selects a control from the device chosen in the
Fades/Device chooser. The labels of automated controls have an LED.
Once an envelope has been selected on the track, several new buttons appear:
6. The button moves the envelope into its own automation lane below the clip.
You can then select another automation parameter from the choosers to view it
simultaneously. If the Fades/Device chooser is set to None, this button will be
hidden.
7. The button hides its respective automation lane. Note that hiding a lane
from view does not deactivate its envelope.
8. If any automation lanes have been created for a given track, you can hide or
show them all by clicking the additional button that appears at the bottom
of the track's title bar.
Clicking (PC) /
Ctrl
(Mac) on a track name or automation lane header opens
a context menu with additional options for viewing envelopes. This context menu also
contains commands to quickly clear all automation envelopes for the track or any of its
devices.
18.4.1 Drawing Envelopes
With Draw Mode enabled, you can click and drag to draw an envelope curve.
The Draw Mode Switch.
To toggle Draw Mode, select the Draw Mode option from the Options menu, click on the
Control Bar's Draw Mode switch, or press
Ctrl
B
(PC) /
B
(Mac).