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Pro Tools Reference Guide298
Automation Enable Guidelines
The following rules determine whether au-
tomation is written or played back for a
track:
◆ Although Pro Tools shows a single auto-
mation mode for each track, all controls as-
sociated with that track are not necessarily
in the same automation mode.
◆ If automation is globally suspended in
the Automation Enable window, all con-
trols behave as if they were in Auto Off
mode, regardless of the track’s current au-
tomation mode.
◆ If an automation parameter is suspended
by Command-clicking (Macintosh) or
Control-clicking its name in the Display
Format Selector, that parameter behaves as
if it were in Auto Off mode, regardless of
the track’s current automation mode.
◆ If an automation parameter is suspended
in the Automation Enable window, that pa-
rameter behaves as if it is in Auto Read
mode when the track is in a recordable au-
tomation mode (Auto Touch, Auto Latch,
or Auto Write mode).
Deleting Automation
Automation data takes the form of a line
graph with editable breakpoints. The easi-
est way to remove automation in a track or
selection is to manually delete breakpoints
from the automation playlist.
Removing data in this manner is different
from using the Cut command, which cre-
ates anchor breakpoints at the boundaries
of the remaining data. For details, see “Cut-
ting, Copying, and Pasting Automation”
on page 304
.
To remove automation data, display the
automation parameter you want to edit by
selecting it from the Track Display Format
Selector, and do one of the following:
To remove a single breakpoint:
■ With the Grabber or the Pencil Tool, Op-
tion-click (Macintosh) or Alt-click (Win-
dows) the breakpoint.
To remove several breakpoints at once:
■ Use the Selector to select a range that
contains the breakpoints, and press Delete
(Macintosh) or Backspace (Windows).
To remove all automation data of the
displayed type:
■ Click with the Selector in the track and
choose Edit > Select All, then press Delete
(Macintosh) or Backspace (Windows).
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+Delete (Macintosh) or
Control+Backspace (Windows).
All automation data within the selection is
removed for all automation playlists on
that track, regardless of whether automa-
tion is write-enabled for those parameters.