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User Manual : Automation
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Automation Settings
Select General Settings : Automation from the Toolbar. (Automation > Automation Settings also
takes you to the Automation page).
Optimizations offers a choice of options to enhance system performance when using automation.
If Keep only current version while saving is enabled the system only saves the current version of all
automation tracks. This looses the saved automation versions history, but dramatically shortens the
save time for projects with automation.
If Limit versions to the number of Undo/Redo is enabled the system only keeps a limited number of
versions in memory (the same as the number of Undo/Redos as defined in the General Settings :
General Page). This reduces the number of automation versions kept in the history but enhances per-
formance.
Release mode determines what happens when a control is released or the transport stopped. If Write
to End is enabled, any control in Record or Auto-Write modes which has had its value altered since
the transport was started will, when released or when the transport is stopped, retain its current value
and this will be written to the end of the Composition. If Auto Release is enabled any control will, when
released or when the transport is stopped, return to its value or state in the previous automation pass or
the default where no previous pass exists. This occurs either immediately if the control only has two
states (e.g. a button) or over a period of time if the control is a fader or knob. The time period is deter-
mined by the value entered in the Release Time box.
Automation Settings page