Reference Guide

1110 Automation
Quick automation guide
3. Move the armed parameter control(s).
4. Stop playback or recording.
After you record the automation data, SONAR draws a graph of it (an envelope) in the Clips pane,
which you can edit with the mouse by adding and dragging nodes (see the rest of this chapter).
Once you record automation data in a track, the widget that you automated displays an indicator to
show that automation has been applied. You can also group controls, so that automating one control
automates all the controls in the group.
See also:
“Automation” on page 1101
“Quick automation guide” on page 1103
“Automation methods” on page 1104
“Automation write modes” on page 1105
“Automation time base” on page 1107
“Automation Read and Automation Write buttons” on page 1108
“Automation lanes” on page 1111
“Creating and editing automation envelopes” on page 1119
“Automating track and bus mute” on page 1130
“Envelope mode and Offset mode” on page 1131
“Converting MIDI controllers to envelopes” on page 1134
“Snapshots” on page 1135
“Automating effects” on page 1136
“Recording automation data from an external controller” on page 1138