User`s guide

Chapter 21: Automation 307
To write current automation values to the
beginning/end/all of a track or selection:
1 In the Automation Enable window, make
sure that the automation type is write-en-
abled.
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.
4 When you reach a point in the track/se-
lection that contains the automation data,
click Write to Start, Write to All, or Write to
End in the Automation Enable window.
The current values of all write-enabled au-
tomation at that point are written to the
corresponding area of the track/selection.
Trim Mode
Using Trim mode, it is also possible to write
trim delta values for track Volume and
Send Levels to the beginning, end or all of
a track.
To write current trim delta values to the
beginning/end/all of a track or selection:
1 In the Automation Enable window, make
sure that the automation type (track Vol-
ume or Send Level) is write-enabled.
2 Click the Automation Mode selector on
the track. Select Trim from the pop-up
menu to enable Trim mode. The track Vol-
ume and Send Level faders turn yellow.
3 Click in a track at an insertion point.
– or –
Drag with the Selector to select a portion of
the track.
4 Click Play to begin playback.
5 When you reach a point in the track/se-
lection that contains the trim setting (delta
value) you want to apply, click the Write to
Start, Write to All, or Write to End button
in the Automation Enable window.
The relative changes to the track Volume
and Send Levels at that point are written to
the corresponding area of the track/selec-
tion.
Trimming Automation
(TDM Systems Only)
If you have already written automation,
you can modify automation data for track
Volume and Send Levels in real time by us-
ing Trim mode. When a track is trim-en-
abled, you are not recording absolute fader
positions, but relative changes in the exist-
ing automation. See “Trim Mode” on
page 289 for more information.
To enable Trim mode:
■ Click the Automation Mode selector and
choose Trim from the pop-up menu.
When trim mode is enabled for a track, its
Volume and Send Level faders turn yellow,
and its automation mode button is out-
Enabling Trim mode