Specifications

Chapter 28: Automation 455
When this mode is enabled, non-trimmable
controls (all controls other than track volume
and send level) behave as if they are in regular
Auto Read mode—no automation data is writ-
ten.
Trim/Auto Touch
In Trim/Auto Touch mode, when playback be-
gins, volume and send faders follow the previ-
ously written automation. When one of the fad-
ers is touched, real-time trimming begins. Fader
moves write delta values (an increase or decrease
in the form of an offset to existing automation
data).
When the fader is released, trimming stops and
the fader returns to a zero delta or offset value
and continues to follow the previously written
automation. The rate of the fader’s return to a
zero delta value is determined by the Au-
toMatch Time specified in the Automation Pref-
erences. See “Automation Preferences” on
page 456 for more information.
When this mode is enabled, non-trimmable
controls (all controls other than track volume
and send level) behave as if they are in regular
Auto Touch mode—they follow the previously
written automation until touched. When they
are touched, their absolute positions are written
until the control is released or until playback
stops.
Trim/Auto Latch
In Trim/Auto Latch mode, when playback be-
gins, volume and send faders follow the previ-
ously written automation. When one of the fad-
ers is touched, real-time trimming begins. Any
fader moves after trimming begins increase or
decrease existing automation data accordingly.
Trimming of the touched control continues un-
til playback stops, or until you “punch out” of
the record pass by changing the automation
mode to Read or Touch.
When this mode is enabled, non-trimmable
controls (all controls other than track volume
and send level) behave as if they are in regular
Auto Latch mode—they follow the previously
written automation until touched. When they
are touched, their absolute positions are written
until playback is stopped.
Trim/Auto Write
In Trim/Auto Write mode, the volume and send
level faders are disengaged from displaying the
existing automation data, so you don’t have to
chase them during playback. Faders are auto-
matically positioned at 0 dB, where no trim-
ming occurs (they start with a delta value of
zero). From this reference point you can then set
the initial delta values before initiating play-
back.
In this mode, as soon as playback begins, delta
values are applied to the existing automation
data. Trimming continues until playback stops.
When Trim/Auto Write mode is enabled, non-
trimmable controls (all controls other than
track volume and send level) are not in Write
mode, but behave as if they are in regular Auto
Touch mode (no automation is written unless a
control is touched). This is to prevent the con-
trols from overwriting all of their automation
data on every pass in Trim mode.
In Trim mode, tracks do not automatically
change from Trim/Auto Write to
Trim/Auto Touch after an automation
pass. Be sure to switch out of Auto Write
when you leave Trim mode to avoid over-
writing automation data.