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Automation
Selecting automation events
• To select a single automation break-point, click on it
with the Arrow tool.
The break-point turns red, and you can drag it in any horizontal or vertical
direction between two points.
• To select multiple break-points, you can either [Shift]-
click or drag a selection rectangle with the Arrow tool.
All break-points inside the selection rectangle will be selected.
Drawing a selection rectangle around break-points 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.
Removing automation events
There are several ways to remove break-points:
• By selecting points and pressing [Backspace] or [De-
lete] or selecting Delete from the Edit menu, or by clicking
on a break-point with the Erase tool.
This will remove the break-points. The curve is redrawn to connect the
break-points immediately to the left and right of the removed points.
• By selecting a range (with the Range Selection tool),
and pressing [Backspace] or [Delete] or selecting Delete
from the Edit menu.
• By clicking in the parameter display on an automation
track and selecting “Remove Parameter” from the pop-up.
This will remove all automation events from the automation track, and the
automation track will be closed.
Editing automation events
Automation events can be edited much like other events.
You can use cut, copy and paste, and nudge events, etc.
MIDI Part Data vs Track Automation
In Cubase AI, you can enter (or record) MIDI Controller
data in two ways: as automation data on an automation
track or as part data in the MIDI part. The following ap-
plies:
• When the Automation Read button for a track is en-
abled, controller data will be written as automation data on
an automation track in the Project window.
• When the Read button is disabled, the controller data
will be written in the MIDI part and can be viewed and ed-
ited for example in the Key Editor.
Nevertheless, you can end up with both kinds of controller
data for a MIDI part if you recorded controller part data in
one pass and automation data during another. In this case,
these “conflicting” data types will be combined during
playback as follows:
• Part automation only begins when the first controller
event within the part is reached. At the end of the part, the
last controller value will be kept until an automation break-
point is reached on the automation track.