Operation Manual

THE SEQUENCER
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About Automation Cleanup
D If you find you have gotten too many automation points when recording
or drawing events, you can adjust the “Automation Cleanup” setting to
“Heavy” or “Maximum” in the Preferences dialog - General page.
This automatically removes superfluous automation points next time you record or
draw events and simplifies the curves. Note that snap also governs the number of
points when drawing events - see below.
Drawing automation (left), and after (right).
You can also apply this function to already recorded events manually from the Tool
window:
1. With the automation clip open for editing (i.e. with the points showing) chose
“Select All” from the Edit menu or the clip context menu.
All automation point will be selected in the clip.
2. Make sure the Tool window is open - if not press the [F8] function key.
This toggles the Tool window show/hide status.
3. Select the Tools page.
4. The Automation Cleanup tab is at the very bottom of the page - click the ar-
row to open it.
5. Select a value and then click Apply.
The selected automation events are now thinned out according to the selected
settings.
Drawing automation events
D To add new points, click or drag with the Pencil tool.
The resulting curve (i.e. the number of points) depends on two factors; the se-
lected “Automation Cleanup” setting in the Preferences (see “About Automation
Cleanup”), and the snap value (if Snap is activated).
D Pressing [Alt] (Win) or [Option] (Mac) and clicking or dragging with the
Pencil tool will insert an automation range.
The length of the range is set with the Snap value.
Alt]/[Option]-clicking with Snap set to 1/4.
D When the automated parameter is “stepped” rather than continuous,
there will be abrupt steps between the automation points instead of lin-
ear ramps.
Stepped automation.
D If you mask the automation clip, making it longer, the first or last auto-
mation value will be extended.
Here, a Mute button on a mixer is automated. The clip contains a single automation point, but its
value extends to the start and end of the clip. This means you can adjust the channel mute
automation by moving and resizing the clip, without having to open it.
Deleting automation events
D Deleting automation events is done in the same way as deleting note
events. I.e. you can click on points to select them or draw selection rect-
angles and then press [Backspace] or use the Erase tool etc.
To clear all automation in a clip simply delete the clip (or remove the whole lane to
clear all automation for that parameter).