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Automation
• Line tool – Sine, Triangle, or Square mode
To activate the Line tool in these modes, click on the Line tool and click
again to open a pop-up menu where you can select the desired option. If
you click and drag on the automation track with the Line tool in Sine, Tri
-
angle, or Square mode and snap to grid is activated, the period of the
curve (the length of one curve “cycle”) is determined by the grid setting.
If you press [Shift] and drag, you can set the period length manually, in
multiples of the grid value.
Ö The Line tool can only be used for ramp type automa-
tion curves.
Editing automation events
Automation events can be edited much like other events.
You can cut, copy, paste, and nudge events, etc.
Selecting automation events
• To select a single automation event, click on it with the
Arrow tool.
The event turns red, and you can drag it in any direction between two
events.
• To select multiple events, you can either [Shift]-click on
the events or drag a selection rectangle with the Arrow
tool.
All events inside the selection rectangle will be selected and the automa-
tion track editor becomes available, see below.
Drawing a selection rectangle around events 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.
Editing in the automation track editor
The automation track editor allows you to perform addi-
tional scaling operations for selection ranges on existing
controller curves. The editor is automatically displayed
when you drag a selection rectangle (with the Arrow tool)
on a ramp type automation track.
In the automation track editor, controls (so called “smart
spots”) appear on the borders of the editor. These smart
spots allow you to activate a specific editing mode:
Editing
mode
To activate this
mode…
Description
Move
Vertically
Click in an empty
area on the upper
border of the editor.
This mode allows you to move the
entire curve up or down, which is
useful to boost or attenuate an oth
-
erwise perfect curve.
Scale
Vertically
Click the smart spot
in the middle of the
upper border of the
editor.
Use this mode to relatively scale the
curve, i.
e. to raise or lower the val-
ues in percent (not by absolute
amounts).
Tilt the left/
right part of
the curve
Click the smart spot
in the upper left/
right corner of the
editor.
These modes allow you to tilt the left
or the right part of the curve, re
-
spectively. This is useful if the curve
form is exactly the way you want it,
but the start or end needs to be
boosted or attenuated a bit.
Compress
the left/right
part of the
curve
[Alt]/[Option]-click
the smart spot in
the upper left/right
corner of the editor.
These modes allow you to compress
the left or the right part of the curve.
Scale Around
Absolute
Center
Click the smart spot
in the middle of the
right border of the
editor.
This mode allows you to scale the
curve around the absolute center,
i.
e. horizontally around the center of
the editor.
Scale Around
Relative
Center
[Alt]/[Option]-click
the smart spot in
the middle of the
right border of the
editor.
This mode allows you to scale the
curve relative to its center.