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2 Click the Automation Enable button in the
Plug-In window.
– or –
Control-Alt-Start-click (Windows) or Com-
mand-Option-Control-click the Track View Se-
lector in the Edit window.
3 Choose the controls to automate and click
Add. If there are multiple plug-ins on the same
track, you can select from among these by click-
ing their buttons in the Inserts section of this di-
alog.
4 Click OK to close the Plug-In Automation di-
alog.
To automate a plug-in:
1 In the Automation Enable window, make sure
plug-in automation is enabled.
2 Select an Automation mode for each track
containing plug-ins you want to automate. For
the initial automation pass, choose Auto Write.
3 Click Play to begin writing automation, and
move the controls you want to automate.
4 When you have finished, click Stop.
Record Safing Plug-In Automation
You can protect plug-in automation from being
overwritten by using Automation Safe mode.
To enable plug-in safe mode:
1 Open a plug-in.
2 Click the Safe button so that it is highlighted.
Accessing the Plug-In Automation dialog
You can also use this keyboard shortcut to
open the Plug-In Automation dialog: Con-
trol-Alt-Start-click (Windows) or Com-
mand-Option-Control-click (Macintosh)
any plug-in parameter in the Plug-In win-
dow, then choose Open Plug-In Automation
Dialog from the pop-up menu.
Plug-In automation dialog
Automation Enable
As an alternative to using the Plug-In Auto-
mation window, you can enable individual
plug-in controls directly from the Plug-In
window by Control-Alt-Start-clicking (Win-
dows) or Command-Option-Control-click-
ing (Macintosh) the control. Refer to the
DigiRack Plug-Ins Guide or Digidesign Plug-
Ins Guide for more information.
Automation Safe enabled plug-in
Safe enabled