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Automation
Automation track operations
Opening automation subtracks
Every track/channel has a number of automation sub-
tracks, each showing one automation parameter.
For audio, Instrument, group channel, MIDI and FX chan-
nel tracks, there are two ways you can open an automa-
tion subtrack for the channel:
• By right-clicking the track in the Track list and selecting
“Show Automation” from the context menu.
• By clicking on the left border of the track in the Track
list. (When you position the mouse pointer over the lower
left corner of the track, the respective arrow icon (“Show/
Hide Automation”) appears.)
An automation subtrack opens in the Track list, and a straight black hori-
zontal line is shown as well as a greyed out mirror image of the audio
events’ waveform (or MIDI events for MIDI tracks) in the event display. By
default, the volume parameter is assigned to the first subtrack.
Click here to open an automation subtrack.
For VST Instruments (not for Instrument tracks, see above),
automation tracks appear automatically when you add them
in the VST Instruments window.
For ReWire channels and input/output busses, automa-
tion tracks are automatically created when the Write auto-
mation button (see “Using Write/Read automation” on
page 209) is activated in either:
• The corresponding channel strip in the mixer.
• The corresponding Channel Settings window.
• The mixer common panel (“All Automation to Write Status”).
• The area above the Track list (“All Automation to Write Status”).
Opening additional automation subtracks
• If you position the mouse pointer over the lower left cor-
ner of an automation subtrack, a “+” sign (“Append Auto-
mation Track”) will appear. If you click this (or indeed, if
you click anywhere on the left border of the track), another
subtrack opens, by default showing the next parameter in
the Add Parameter list (see below).