Specifications

Pro Tools Reference Guide464
Automation Enable Guidelines
The following rules determine whether automa-
tion is written or played back for a track:
◆ Although Pro Tools shows a single Automa-
tion mode for each track, all automatable con-
trols associated with that track are not
necessarily in the same Automation mode.
◆ If automation is globally suspended in the Au-
tomation Enable window, all automatable con-
trols behave as if they were in Auto Off mode,
regardless of the track’s current Automation
mode.
◆ If automation for a control is suspended by
Command-clicking (Macintosh) or Control-
clicking its name in the Track View Selector, that
control behaves as if it were in Auto Off mode,
regardless of the track’s current Automation
mode.
◆ If automation for a control is suspended in
the Automation Enable window, that control
behaves as if it is in Auto Read mode when the
track is in a recordable Automation mode (Auto
Touch, Auto Latch, or Auto Write mode).
Deleting Automation
Automation data takes the form of a line graph
with editable breakpoints. The easiest way to re-
move automation in a track or selection is to
manually delete breakpoints from the automa-
tion playlist.
Removing data in this manner is different from
using the Cut command, which creates anchor
breakpoints at the boundaries of the remaining
data. For details, see “Cutting, Copying, and
Pasting Automation” on page 471
.
To remove automation data, display the auto-
mation playlist you want to edit by selecting it
from the Track View Selector, and do one of the
following:
To remove a single breakpoint:
■ With the Grabber or the Pencil Tool, Alt-click
(Windows) or Option-click (Macintosh) the
breakpoint.
To remove several breakpoints at once:
■ Use the Selector to select a range that contains
the breakpoints, and press Backspace (Windows)
or Delete (Macintosh).
To remove all automation data of the displayed
type:
■ Click with the Selector in the track and
choose Edit > Select All, then press Backspace
(Windows) or Delete (Macintosh).
To remove all automation for all automation
playlists on a track:
1 Use the Selector to select a range of data to be
removed.
2 Press Control+Backspace (Windows) or Con-
trol+Delete (Macintosh).
All automation data within the selection is re-
moved for all automation playlists on that track,
regardless of whether automation is write-en-
abled for those controls.