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Pro Tools Reference Guide308
lined in yellow. This outline flashes to indi-
cate that the track is trim-enabled, and ap-
pears solid whenever trimming is occurring
on the track’s Volume or Send Levels.
To trim Track Volume or Send Levels in real
time:
1 In the Automation Enable window, make
sure the automation type (Volume or Send
Level) is write-enabled.
2 Click the Automation Mode selector on
the tracks you want to automate and select
Trim from the pop-up menu.
3 Click the Automation Mode selector a
second time and choose an automation
mode:
◆ Use Auto Touch or Auto Latch to have
the faders follow existing automation, so
you can “chase” them during the automa-
tion pass.
◆ Use Auto Write if you want to disengage
the faders from existing automation.
4 Click Play to begin trimming automa-
tion, and move the Volume or Send Level
faders.
5 When you have finished, click Stop.
Creating Snapshot
Automation
(TDM Systems Only)
Pro Tools lets you write automation data
values for multiple parameters in a single
step. You can write snapshot automation
in two ways:
To a selection Automation data is written
to the selected area. Anchor breakpoints
are placed just before and after the selec-
tion so that data outside the selection is
not affected.
To a cursor location Automation data is
written at the insertion point. After the in-
sertion point, the automation ramps to the
next breakpoint value, or if no breakpoints
exist, remains at the newly written value
for the remainder of the session.
For more information on copying automa-
tion data within a session, see “Writing Au-
tomation to the Start, End or All of a Selec-
tion” on page 306.
To write snapshot automation:
1 In the Edit window, click the Track Dis-
play Format button to show the automa-
tion you want to edit.
2 In the Automation Enable window, make
sure that the automation parameters you
want to edit are write-enabled. Disable any
parameters you want to preserve.
3 With the Selector, select the area where
you want to apply the automation.
– or –
Place the cursor at an insertion point.
4 Adjust the controls for the parameters
you want to automate.
5 Choose Edit > Write Automation and do
one of the following:
◆ To write the current value to only the
currently displayed automation parameter,
choose To Current Parameter.
◆ To write the current settings for all auto-
mation parameters enabled in the Automa-
tion Enable window, choose To All Enabled
Parameters.