Specifications

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Guidelines for “Write To”
Commands
Using “Write To” Commands During
Playback
You can carry out any of the Write Automation To
commands without stopping the Pro Tools
transport. On supported control surfaces, the
corresponding “Write To” button flashes until
you stop the transport.
While the Pro Tools transport is moving, issuing
Write Automation To commands affects writing of
automation in the following ways:
• Write to Start/Selection Start: Currently
writing controls continue writing automa-
tion
• Write to All/Selection: Currently writing
controls (except controls in Write mode)
punch out of writing automation
• Write to End/Selection End: Currently writ-
ing controls (except controls in Write
mode) punch out of writing automation
• Write to Next Breakpoint: Currently writ-
ing controls (except controls in Write
mode) punch out of writing automation
• Write to Punch point: Currently writing
controls continue writing automation
Applying “Write To” Commands to
Selected Tracks
The Write Automation To commands normally ap-
ply to all tracks currently writing automation. It
is possible to apply these commands to selected
tracks only.
To apply any of the “Write Automation To”
commands to currently selected tracks:
1 Select the tracks where you want to apply the
Write To commands.
2 Alt-Shift-click (Windows) or Option-Shift-
click the corresponding “Write Automation To”
button.
Suppressing Warnings when Using
“Write To” Commands
When you carry out any of the Write Automation
To commands (except Write to Next Break-
point), Pro Tools posts a dialog warning that au-
tomation values will be changed in the session.
You can suppress these warnings.
To suppress “Write To” warning dialogs:
1 Choose Setup > Preferences and click Mixing.
2 Under Automation, select Suppress Automa-
tion “Write To” Warnings.
For MIDI automation, the Write To com-
mands only apply to MIDI Volume, MIDI
Pan, and MIDI Mute. MIDI parameters
cannot use the Write To commands.