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Automation
• If you have manually added any automation events or
used write automation for the corresponding parameter
and then disable the reading of automation data, the auto
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mation curve will be grayed-out in the event display and
the static value line will be used instead.
As soon as Read is enabled, the automation curve will become available.
Enabling and disabling the writing
of automation data
You can automation enable tracks and Mixer channels in
Cubase by activating their automation Write buttons.
Write (W) and Read (R) buttons for all plug-in effects and
VST instruments can be found on the corresponding con
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trol panels.
• If you activate Write for a channel, virtually all Mixer pa-
rameters you adjust during playback for that specific
channel are recorded as automation events.
• If Read is activated for a channel, all your recorded Mixer
actions for that channel are performed during playback.
The Read and Write buttons for a track in the track list are
the same as the Read and Write buttons in the corre-
sponding channel strip in the Mixer.
Ö Note that the Read button is automatically enabled
when you enable the Write button. This allows Cubase to
read existing automation data at any time. You can sepa
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rately deactivate Write if you want to only read existing
data. It is not possible to activate Write and deactivate
Read at the same time.
There are also global Read and Write indicator buttons
(“Toggle Read/Write for all tracks”) in the common panel
of the Mixer and at the top of the track list:
These buttons light up as soon as there is an enabled Read
or Write button on any channel/track within your project.
Furthermore, they can be clicked to activate or deactivate
the Read/Write buttons of all tracks simultaneously.
Writing automation data
There are two approaches you can use to create automa-
tion curves: manually (see “Manual writing of automation
data” on page 159) and automatically (see “Automatic
writing of automation data” on page 158). While manual
writing makes it easy to quickly change parameter values
at specific points without having to activate playback, au
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tomatic writing lets you work much like you would using a
“real” mixer.
With both methods, any applied automation data will be
reflected in both the Mixer (a fader will move for example)
and in the corresponding automation track curve.
Automatic writing of automation data
Every action you perform is automatically recorded on au-
tomation tracks which you can later open for viewing and
editing.
To enable the recording of automation events, proceed as
follows:
1. Open an automation track by clicking on the “Show/
Hide Automation” button of a track in the track list.
2. Enable the Write button for the track and adjust the
desired parameters in the Mixer, in the Channel Settings
window, or in the effect control panel while rolling through
the project.
The value settings are recorded and displayed as a curve on the automa-
tion tracks. When automation data is being written, the color of the auto-
mation track changes to red and the delta indicator in the automation
track shows the relative amount by which the new parameter setting de
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viates from any previously automated value.
3. When you are finished, stop playback and return to the
position where you started playback.
The Write and Read buttons for a channel in the Mixer
and for an automation track in the track list
The global Read/Write buttons in the Mixer, and in the
track list