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Table Of Contents
602Logic Pro User Guide
Convert between types of automation
In Logic Pro, choose one of the following commands from the Mix > Convert Automation
submenu:
Convert Visible Track Automation to Region Automation: Converts displayed track-
based automation to region-based automation.
Convert Visible Region Automation to Track Automation: Converts displayed region-
based automation to track-based automation.
Convert All Track Automation to Region Automation: Converts all track-based
automation to region-based automation, regardless if it is currently visible onscreen.
Convert All Region Automation to Track Automation: Converts all region-based
automation to track-based automation, regardless if it is currently visible onscreen.
Note: These commands all have assignable key commands as well.
Show automation curves in Logic Pro
Before you can add automation points to a track’s automation curves, you need to show the
automation curves. Automation curves are displayed as colored curves and points on top of
audio and MIDI regions across the track, running the length of the project. You can choose
whether to view and edit automation across the track (track-based automation) or only
within the track’s regions (region-based automation).
After you show the automation curves, you can choose which parameter you want to work
with—Volume, Pan, or any other track parameter. You can work with multiple parameters on
the same track by switching between automation curves using the Automation Parameter
pop-up menu, or you can work in separate subtracks, which appear below the main track.
Show automation curves
In Logic Pro, do one of the following:
Choose Mix > Show Automation (or press A).
Click the Show/Hide Automation button in the Tracks area menu bar.
An Automation button, an Automation Parameter pop-up menu, and an Automation
Mode pop-up menu appear in each track header. When you chose an automation mode,
for most automation modes the background color of the Automation Mode pop-up menu
reflects the mode:
Gray background = automation is off
Mustard background = Touch mode
Orange background = Latch mode
Purple = Write mode