Reference Guide

1130 Automation
Creating and editing automation envelopes
Automating track and bus mute
The Mute buttons in the Track view, Track Inspector and Console view work in two ways:
• You can record or draw automation for each Mute button, and the automation data controls the
buttons.
• You can click a Mute button while playback is in progress and manually override any automation
data for that button.
A track’s Mute button can display the muted or unmuted status of either the automation envelope or
of manual muting. To toggle between showing a track’s manual mute status or automated mute
status, right-click the track’s Mute button and choose Switch to Automated Mute or Switch to
Manual Mute on the pop-up menu. When the command is disabled, the track’s Mute button shows
whether you have depressed the Mute button manually or not (the manual mute status). When the
command is enabled, the Mute button displays a fader next to the M: .
To draw a Mute envelope
1. Click the track’s Edit Filter control, point to Track Automation and choose Automated Mute on
the submenu.
An envelope appears at the bottom of the track.
2. Add nodes to the envelope and edit it so that the envelope is more than 50% of its maximum
height wherever you want the track muted.
To record a Mute button’s movement
1. Right-click the Mute button you want to automate and choose Switch to Automated Mute from
the pop-up menu.
2. Make sure the Mute button or its whole track is write-enabled.
3. Start playback or recording, and click the Mute button on and off where appropriate.
4. Click the Stop button press the SPACEBAR when the track has been muted in the appropriate
places.
SONAR draws an automated mute envelope in the track you recorded on. Before you listen to your
track, make sure the Global Automation Playback button is enabled in the Control Bar’s Mix
module.
See:
“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