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Automation
The following functions are available:
The Fill options
The Fill options define what happens in a specific section
of your project when you punch out of a running automa-
tion pass.
The Fill options write one particular value across a defined
section of your automation track – any previously created
data within this section is overwritten.
The following Fill options are available:
To Punch
Let’s say you are automating the volume for a pop-song in
realtime. The volume must be softer in the chorus section
than for the verse. You do not yet know how much softer,
but the change in volume from verse to chorus must be
abrupt.
Proceed as follows:
1. Select “Touch” as automation mode and click the “To
Punch” button once to activate it as Fill option.
The “To Punch” button is highlighted.
2. Start playback somewhere during the verse and touch
the fader at the moment of change from verse to chorus.
The automation pass is punched in.
3. Move the fader until you have found the volume setting
you need in the chorus and release the fader to punch out.
The volume curve is set from the point of punch out back to where you
punched in. The values written while moving the fader to find the right
value are deleted, and the volume jumps at exactly the right moment from
the value set in the verse to the value found for the chorus.
To Start
“To Start” is similar to the “To Punch” option, but with the
following difference: When “To Start” is selected, punch
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ing out of automation will fill the automation track from
where you punched out to the start of the project.
To End
Let’s assume you are automating volume for the back-
ground tracks of a two-minute part in your project. Rather
than holding the fader for two minutes, you can proceed
as follows:
1. Select “Touch” as automation mode and click the “To
End” button once to activate it as Fill option.
The “To End” button is highlighted.
2. Start playback and touch the parameter control to
punch in the automation pass.
3. Move the fader until you have found the setting you
want and release the fader.
This will punch out the writing of automation data. As you let go of the
fader, the automation curve will take the found value setting, from where
you punched out to the end of the project.
Function Description
Delete All Automation
in Project
This removes all automation data from your proj-
ect.
Delete Automation of
Selected Tracks
This removes all automation data for the selected
track(s).
Delete Automation in
Range
This deletes all automation data between the left
and right locators on all tracks.
Freeze All Trim Auto-
mation in Project
This freezes all trim automation for all tracks in the
project, see
“Freeze Trim” on page 237.
Freeze Trim Automa-
tion of Selected
Tracks
This freezes all trim automation for the selected
tracks, see
“Freeze Trim” on page 237.