Specifications

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Editing Pan Automation
Drag a breakpoint down to pan right, and up to
pan left. Drag a breakpoint to the left or right to
adjust the timing of the panning moves.
Editing Mute Automation
Drag the breakpoint down to mute a section.
Drag a breakpoint up to unmute the section.
Drag a breakpoint to the left or right to adjust
the timing of the mute.
Editing Stepped Control Automation
Automation for certain controls (such as MIDI
controller values or plug-in settings) appears as a
stepped pattern on the breakpoint line. Drag a
breakpoint up or down to a different step to
change to a new control value. Drag a break-
point to the left or right to adjust the timing of
the stepped control change.
Editing Automation Breakpoints
To edit automation breakpoints, display the au-
tomation playlist for the control you want to
edit by selecting it from the Track View Selector,
then do one of the following:
To create a new breakpoint:
■ Click with the Grabber (or the Pencil) on the
line graph.
To edit one breakpoint:
■ Click an existing point on the line graph with
the Grabber and drag it to a new position.
To clear one breakpoint:
■ Alt-click (Windows) or Opt-click (Macintosh)
with the Grabber.
To edit several breakpoints at once:
■ Use the Selector to select a range in the auto-
mation playlist that contains the breakpoints,
and do one of the following:
•To move the breakpoints earlier or later in
the track, press the Plus key (+) to nudge
them later (to the right) or the Minus key
(–) to move them earlier (to the left). The
breakpoints move by the current Nudge
value.
•To adjust the breakpoint values, click with
the Trimmer in the selection and drag the
breakpoints up or down.
Track Pan automation
Track mute automation
Stepped control automation
When you use the Trimmer to edit a selec-
tion containing breakpoints, new anchor
breakpoints are created before and after the
selected area. To suppress creation of an-
chor breakpoints, press Alt (Windows) or
Option (Macintosh) while using the Trim-
mer.