User`s guide

Chapter 21: Automation 297
Enabling or Suspending
Automation
From the Automation Enable window, you
can enable or suspend writing for the fol-
lowing automation parameters across all
tracks:
• Volume
• Pan
• Mute
• Plug-In
• Send Level
• Send Pan
• Send Mute
To suspend writing of automation on all
tracks:
1 Choose Windows > Show Automation
Enable.
2 Do one of the following:
■ To suspend writing of all automation on
all tracks, click the Auto Suspend button.
■ To suspend writing of a specific type of
automation on all tracks, click the button
for that automation type (Volume, Mute,
Pan, Plug-In, Send Level, Send Mute, or
Send Pan).
Suspending Automation Playback
You can suspend playback of automation
parameters for tracks by clicking on the on
the track’s Display Format Selector.
To suspend playback (and writing) of
automation on individual tracks:
1 In the Edit window, set the Track Display
Format Selector pop-up to the automation
parameter you want to suspend.
2 Do one of the following:
◆ To suspend writing and playback of only
the displayed automation parameter, Com-
mand-click (Macintosh) or Control-click
(Windows) the parameter name in the
Track Display Format Selector.
◆ To suspend writing and playback of all
automation parameters, Command-Shift-
click (Macintosh) or Control-Shift-click
(Windows) the name of any automation
parameter in the Track Display Format Se-
lector.
◆ To suspend writing and playback of an
automation parameter on all tracks, Com-
mand-Option-click (Macintosh) or Con-
trol-Alt-click (Windows) the name of the
automation parameter in the Track Display
Format Selector.
▲ Enabling and suspending automation from
the Edit window obeys Edit Groups. This
grouped behavior can be suppressed by Con-
trol-clicking (Macintosh) or Start-clicking (WIn-
dows) the parameter name.
Automation Enable window