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613Logic Pro User Guide
Record live automation in Logic Pro
When either Touch, Latch, or Write mode is active, you can record automation in record or
playback mode. When you touch or move a parameter, the automation lane displays the
chosen parameter and automation is recorded at the current point in the project as the
playhead moves, based on the chosen mode. When not recording or playing, the modes are
ignored, and no data is written if a control is moved.
You have the following Write options for track automation:
Move any fader or control on the selected channel strip with the automation mode set
to Touch, Latch, or Write. In real-world usage, you’ll rarely (if ever) use the destructive
Write mode, which erases all automation. The standard Write modes are Touch and
Latch.
Choose a parameter from the Automation Parameter pop-up menu in the track header,
then adjust the numerical display in the track header, with one of the modes turned on.
Move the faders or knobs of a connected hardware controller, with one of the modes
turned on.
Use the Pointer or Pencil tool to draw your automation curve.
When you record track-based automation in Touch, Latch, or Write mode, the automation
is written to the track, and the automation curve of the parameter you are adjusting is
automatically displayed in the main automation lane.
When you record region-based automation in Touch, Latch, or Write mode to regions on
a track, region-based automation is written to the regions on that track. When you record
region-based automation in Touch, Latch, or Write mode, and multiple tracks are assigned
to the channel strip recording live automation, the following conditions determine where
automation is recorded:
If one track is selected, region-based automation only writes automation to regions on
that track.
If there are selected regions on one of the tracks, region-based automation only writes
to those selected regions.
If no track or regions are selected, region-based automation only writes to the region
most recently created.
You can specify the mode that the application switches to after a Write operation has been
performed using the Automation Preferences pane. See Automation preferences.