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Automation
6. When you release the mouse button, the number of
automation events is reduced, but the basic shape of the
curve remains the same.
This “thinning out” of events is governed by the Reduction Level setting
in the Automation Settings section of the Automation Preferences, see
“Automation Settings” on page 241.
7. If you now activate playback, the automated parameter
will change with the automation curve.
In the Mixer, the corresponding fader moves accordingly.
8. Repeat the procedure if you are not happy with the
result.
If you draw over existing events, a new curve is created.
Apart from the Pencil tool, you can use the following tools
to draw automation events:
• Arrow tool
If Read is activated and you click on an automation track with the Arrow
tool, you can add automation events. Note that events introduced be
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tween two existing events that do not deviate from the existing curve are
removed as soon as you release the mouse button.
• Line tool – Line mode
To activate the Line tool in Line mode, click on the Line tool and click again
to open a pop-up menu where you can select the Line option. If you click
on the automation track and drag with the Line tool in Line mode, you can
create automation events in a line. This is a quick way to create linear
fades, etc.
• Line tool – Parabola mode
To activate the Line tool in Parabola mode, click on the Line tool and click
again to open a pop-up menu where you can select the Parabola option. If
you click and drag on the automation track with the Line tool in Parabola
mode, you can create more “natural” curves and fades. Note that the result
depends on the direction from which you draw the parabolic curve.
• Line tool – Sine, Triangle, or Square mode
To activate the Line tool in these modes, click on the Line tool and click
again to open a pop-up menu where you can select the desired option. If
you click and drag on the automation track with the Line tool in Sine, Tri
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angle, or Square mode and snap to grid is activated, the period of the
curve (the length of one curve “cycle”) is determined by the grid setting.
If you press [Shift] and drag, you can set the period length manually, in
multiples of the grid value.
Ö The Line tool can only be used for ramp type automa-
tion curves.
Editing automation events
Automation events can be edited much like other events.
You can cut, copy, paste, and nudge events, etc.
Selecting automation events
• To select a single automation event, click on it with the
Arrow tool.
The event turns red, and you can drag it in any direction between two
events.
• To select multiple events, you can either [Shift]-click on
the events or drag a selection rectangle with the Arrow
tool.
All events inside the selection rectangle will be selected and the automa-
tion track editor becomes available, see below.
Drawing a selection rectangle around events to select them.
• To select all automation events on an automation track,
right-click the automation track in the track list and choose
“Select All Events” from the context menu.