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Pro Tools Reference Guide292
lected, you can still mute/unmute individ-
ual group members by Control-clicking
(Macintosh) or Right-clicking (Windows)
the mute button of the channel you want
to affect individually.
Solos Follow Mix Groups When this option
is selected, soloing a track/channel that be-
longs to a group solos all other members of
the group. When this option is deselected,
tracks/channels must be soloed on an indi-
vidual basis. When this option is selected,
you can still solo/unsolo individual group
members by Control-clicking (Macintosh)
or Right-clicking (Windows) the solo but-
ton of the channel you want to affect indi-
vidually.
Smooth and Thin Data After Pass When this
option is selected, Pro Tools automatically
smoothes and then applies the specified
amount of thinning to the automation
data created in an automation pass.
Write Switches To Touch After Pass (TDM
Systems Only) After an automation pass in
Auto Write mode, Pro Tools automatically
switches to Auto Touch mode. On TDM
systems, you can choose to stay in Auto
Write mode by deselecting this option.
▲ Write Switches to Touch After Pass does not
affect Trim Mode. In Trim Mode, channels do
not automatically change from Trim/Auto Write
to Trim/Auto Touch after an automation pass.
Degree of Thinning
Specifies the amount of
thinning performed on automation data
when you use the Thin Automation com-
mand, or if you have selected the Smooth
and Thin Data After Pass option in this di-
alog.
Touch Timeout If you are writing automa-
tion in Auto Touch mode and you stop
moving a non-touch sensitive control,
Pro Tools continues to write automation
for the Touch Timeout period.
After the Touch Timeout period, writing of
automation stops and the automation data
returns to its previous automation value at
the rate specified in the AutoMatch Time
setting.
AutoMatch Time If you are writing automa-
tion in Auto Touch mode, when you re-
lease a fader or control, writing of automa-
tion stops and the automation data returns
to its previous automation value. The rate
of return to the previous value is the Au-
toMatch Time. See “About AutoMatch” on
page 293.
About Smoothing
When you perform automation moves
with a continuous control, Pro Tools
records the move as a series of very small
steps, resulting in a staircase pattern with
many breakpoints. Smoothing intelli-
gently resolves this staircase pattern into a
single, smooth ramp from one breakpoint
to the next. (Smoothing does not apply to
switched controls such as mutes or Plug-In
bypasses.) With smoothing enabled, the re-
sulting automation is often a more accurate
representation of actual automation
moves.