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Pro Tools Reference Guide310
Capturing Automation and Applying it
Elsewhere
The Write Automation command can also
be used to capture automation states at spe-
cific locations in a session and apply them
to other locations. This differs from simply
copying and pasting automation data in
that you can set any selection length for
the application of the captured automation
data.
To capture and apply automation:
1 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.
2 Click the Selector at the location with the
automation you want to capture. All auto-
mated controls update to reflect the auto-
mation at that location. (If you make a
selection, the controls update to reflect the
automation at the beginning of the selec-
tion.)
3 Suspend the automation parameters you
want to automate:
• For an automation parameter on a single
track, Command-click (Macintosh) or
Control-click (Windows) he name of the
automation type in the track’s Display
Format Selector.
• For an automation parameter on all
tracks, Command-Shift-click (Mac-
intosh) or Control-Alt-click (Windows)
the name of the automation type in the
Display Format Selector for any track.
• To suspend all automation on a track,
Command-Shift-click (Macintosh) or
Control-Shift-click (Windows) the name
of the automation type in the track's Dis-
play Format Selector.
4 With the Selector, select the location
where you want to apply the automation.
5 Enable the automation parameters previ-
ously suspended.
6 Choose Edit > Write Automation and se-
lect one of the following from the sub-
menu:
• To write the current value to only the au-
tomation parameter currently displayed
in the Edit window, choose To Current
Parameter.
• To write the current settings for all auto-
mation parameters enabled in the Auto-
mation Enable window, choose To All
Enabled Parameters.
Snapshot Automation and
Trimming of Automation Data
Pro Tools allows you to use trim values as
snapshots and apply the relative changes
(delta values) to the selected automation
by using the Trim Automation command.
This works in much the same way as the
Write Automation, except that it writes
delta values instead of absolute values to
automation data.
You can use trim values in writing snap-
shot automation to any automatable pa-
rameter.
To create a snapshot of relative changes in
automation data:
1 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.