Reference Guide

1136 Automation
Automating effects
Automating effects
SONAR allows you to automate plug-ins, giving you real-time control over dozens of effects
parameters.
See also:
“Recording individual fader or knob movements” on page 1109
“Using control groups” on page 951
Automating individual effects parameters
You can automate the parameters of some of SONAR’s effects by drawing envelopes, or recording
fader movements, or creating snapshots. You enable all automatable parameters in an effect when
you enable the Automation Write button in an effect property page.
To record fader movements, see “Recording individual fader or knob movements” on page 1109.
To draw envelopes for an individual effect’s parameters
1. Patch an automatable effect into the track or bus where you want to use it, and close the effect’s
dialog box when it appears.
2. Right-click in the Clips pane in the track (or bus) where you patched the effect.
The Clips pane or Bus pane pop-up menu appears.
3. If you opened the Clips pane pop-up menu, choose Envelopes > Create Track Envelope >
(name of the effect you patched). If you opened the Bus pane pop-up menu, choose Create
Bus Envelope > (name of the effect you patched).
The effect’s envelope dialog box appears, listing all the parameters you can automate in the
Envelope Exists list.
4. Check all the parameters you want to create envelopes for; as you check each envelope choice,
you can choose a color for the envelope by clicking the Choose Color button that’s in the lower
right corner of the dialog box.
5. Click OK.
Note: When using automatable effects, the CPU meter may fluctuate rapidly within a few
percentage points. This is normal behavior.
Note: You can change a plug-in envelope’s color whenever you want by highlighting its name
in the effect’s envelope dialog box and clicking the Choose Color button.