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258 Automation curves
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Automation curves
In addition to object-based effects and the mixer effects for entire tracks/for
the entire sound, there is also the option of controlling audio and video effects
via freely drawn curves.
There are track curves and object curves. The track curves are saved on the
track and influence all objects of the track. The object curves "hang" off the
object and can be moved with them. Changes to the object length are
adjusted correspondingly.
Object featuring FX Level 1 object curve on a track with an active volume curve
Automation curves change a specific value, e.g. the volume value for a track,
which is "automated" during playback. This enables you to make your
arrangements more exciting, e.g. the volume of several tracks shortly before
the refrain may be reduced slightly in order to make the refrain itself more
powerful once it appears.
Effects that may be automated
The following effects can be controlled via effect curves:
Audio objects
 Volume and Panorama are identical to the functions in the mixer, in which
case a volume curve is added to the mixer setting and a panorama curve
replaces the mixer setting entirely. 0% in the Panorama corresponds with all
the way to the left, while 100% is all the way to the right.
 Softening and sharpening filters as well as distortions are additional effects
that are only available for effect curves and that are independent of the filter or
distortion effect in the effects rack. This controls the filter's input frequency or
the degree of distortion.
 Effects level 1 and 2 control the effect level sent from the object or track to
the two effects tracks (view page 266).