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Automation
Automation Preferences
If you click the button in the bottom left of the Automation
panel, you open the Automation Preferences. These are
divided into General and Automation Settings.
The following options are available:
Automation Settings
Hints and further options
Automation key commands
In the Key Commands dialog (opened from the File menu
in Cubase), in the Commands section on the left, you will
find an Automation category which lists all automation
commands to which you can assign key commands.
How to assign key commands is described in detail in the
chapter “Key commands” on page 541.
About linking and automation
• Cubase allows you to link, in the Mixer window, various
parameters between different channels (see
“Link/Unlink
channels” on page 167).
When automating the settings of a channel that is linked to another
channel in the Mixer, the parameters of the linked channel will NOT be
automated.
• Cubase only: Also, in the Channel Settings window, you
can make the send’s panorama settings follow the pan-
orama settings displayed in the channel strip (by enabling
the “Send Routing Panners follow Channel Panner” op-
tion in the Control Strip section, see “Setting pan for the
sends (Cubase only)” on page 197).
For linked panners of sends and channels, automating the channel pan-
ner will automate the send routing panner as well.
MIDI controller automation
Merging automation data
When working with Cubase, it is possible to record auto-
mation data for MIDI controllers in two places: as MIDI
part data and as data on an automation track.
If you have such “conflicting” automation data, you can
specify separately for every parameter how these will be
combined during playback. This is done by selecting an
Automation Merge Mode in the track list for the automa
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tion track.
Option Description
Show Data on Tracks Activate this to show audio waveforms or MIDI
events on automation tracks.
The events are displayed only if the “Show wave-
forms” option is enabled in the Preferences dialog
(Event Display–Audio) and if “Part Data Mode”
(Event Display–MIDI) is set to an option other than
“No data”.
Continue Writing If you activate this option, the recording of automa-
tion will not be blocked when locating to a new po-
sition. For example, this can be used to perform
multiple automation passes in Cycle mode or if you
are using the arranger functions.
If this option is deactivated and you write automa-
tion data and locate to another position in the proj-
ect, the writing will be stopped until the mouse
button is released or until a Stop command is re
-
ceived.
Reveal Parameter on
Write
If you activate this option, the corresponding auto-
mation track is revealed on writing automation pa-
rameters. This is useful if you want to have a visual
control of all parameters changed on writing.
Return Time This determines how fast the automated parameter
returns to any previously automated value when you
release the mouse button. Set this to a value higher
than 0 to prevent sudden jumps in your parameter
settings (which may lead to crackles).
Reduction Level When punching out, this function will remove all
superfluous automation events so that the automa
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tion curve contains only the events necessary to
reproduce your actions.
Freeze Trim In this pop-up menu you can specify how to freeze
your trim curve.
Select “Manually” if you want to freeze your trim
curve manually.
Select “On Pass End” if you want a freeze to be
performed whenever a write operation is finished.
Select “On Leaving Trim Mode” if you want the trim
data to freeze automatically when the trim mode is
switched off (globally or individually for a track).