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Automation
• By clicking along the left edge of the track in the Track
list. (Also, when you position the mouse pointer over the
lower left corner of the track, a corresponding arrow icon
(“Show/Hide Automation”) appears.)
An automation track opens in the Track list. When you open an automa-
tion track for the first time, the Volume parameter is selected by default.
Assigning a parameter to an automation track
Default parameters are already assigned to automation
tracks when you open them, according to their order in the
Add Parameter list (see below).
To select which parameter an open automation track
should display, proceed as follows:
1. If none exists, open an automation track using one of
the methods described above.
2. Click in the parameter display for the automation track.
A pop-up list is shown, containing some of the automation parameters
plus the item “More…” at the bottom of the list. The contents of the list
depend on the track type.
• If the parameter you wish to automate is on the pop-up
menu, you can select it directly.
The parameter will then replace the current parameter in the automation
track.
• If you wish to add a parameter not available on the pop-
up menu or want to view all parameters that can be auto-
mated, go on to the next step.
3. Select “More…”.
The Add Parameter dialog appears. This dialog shows a list with all pa-
rameters that can be automated for the selected channel (sorted into dif-
ferent categories), including the parameters for any assigned insert
effects. To view the parameters in each category, click the “+” sign for
the category folder.
The Add Parameter dialog for an audio track
4. Select a parameter from the list and click OK.
The parameter will then replace the current parameter in the automation
track.
Ö Note that the “replacing” of the parameter displayed in
the automation track is completely non-destructive.
If the automation track contained any automation data for the parameter
you just replaced, this data will still be there, although it will not be visible
after you replaced the parameter. If you click in the parameter display you
can switch back to the replaced parameter. On the pop-up menu, all au-
tomated parameters are indicated by an asterisk (*) after the parameter
name.
The first two parameters are automated.
Click here to open an
automation track.