Specifications

Chapter 28: Automation 473
To paste data into a different automation playlist:
■ Press the Start key (Windows) or Control
(Macintosh) when choosing Edit > Paste.
For this special paste mode to function, the fol-
lowing must be true:
• Every track selected for pasting must be cur-
rently displayed as automation data.
• There must be only one automation playlist
on the Clipboard for each target track. (The
Special Paste function cannot copy multiple
automation playlists for each track.)
Writing Automation to the
Start, End or All of a
Selection
(TDM Systems Only)
Pro Tools lets you write current automation val-
ues from any insertion point forward (or back-
ward) to the end (or beginning) of a selection or
track, or to an entire selection or track, while
performing an automation pass.
The standard Write to Start/All/End commands
do not operate when the Pro Tools transport is
stopped. It only affects automation for those pa-
rameters that are currently write-enabled and
currently writing automation data.
Optionally, Write to Start, End, and All can be
configured to always be applied automatically.
See “Write to Start, End, and All On Stop” on
page 474.
Requirements for Write to Start, End,
and All
For a automation data to be written for a specific
parameter, the associated track must be in one
of the following Automation modes and meet
the following conditions:
Latch Mode The control for the parameter must
be changed (touched) during the automation
pass.
Touch Mode The control for the parameter must
be changed (touched).
Write Mode All controls on that track must be in
Auto Write mode.
This command can be undone (Edit > Undo).
To write current automation values to the start,
end, or all of a track or selection:
1 In the Automation Enable window, make sure
that the automation type is write-enabled.
2 Click in a track at an insertion point.
– or –
Drag with the Selector to select a portion of the
track.
3 Click Play to begin playback.
You cannot interchange automation data
between audio and MIDI tracks, or between
continuous controls (such as faders or pans)
and switched or stepped controls (such as
mute or MIDI controllers).
Write to Start, All, End controls in the Automation
Enable window
Write to Start, End, All