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Automation
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Audio, Aux Input, MIDI and Instrument
tracks
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Sends
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Volume
Pan
mute
Master Faders
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Volume
Pan
Mute
Volume
All plug-in controls
Automation Playlists
Audio Tracks
Single automation
playlist for each
automatable control.
You cannot store
multiple takes of
automation for a
single control in an
audio track.
MIDI Tracks
All controller
automation data
except for MIDI mute
data, or audio mute is
stored in the MIDI
region that contains it.
P.T. automation has a
higher automation than
MIDI automation.
Automation Playlist & Drift
Audio track sample based - the track’s
automation playlist is unaffected by
changes in tempo of the session.
 Audio track tick-based - the automation
breakpoints change to match the
sessions tempo changes.
 Drift is more pronounced with larger
regions. To reduce drift, slice the audio
into smaller regions.
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Automation Modes
Off
Automation playback
and writing disabled.
Read
Automation play-only
mode. Automation
writing disabled.
Touch
Continues to write
until released.
Latch
Continues to write
after being released.
Write
Starts with playback,
erasing previously
written data.
Graphical Editing of
Automation Data
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Line graph with editable breakpoints
Breakpoints can be:
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Editable graph displays
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Volume, pan, EQ frequency, EQ type, mute, and
plug-ins
Grabber Tool:
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Added, deleted, moved, copied, pasted, scaled,
and nudged.
Create, move, remove breakpoints
Pencil Tool:
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Click on breakpoint to draw new breakpoints, and
add line segment
Rules for Cut, Copy, & Paste
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Automation data is pasted to the
corresponding graph it came from.
 When audio is cut from the waveform view,
all automation data is also cut, copy and
pasted.
 Cutting or copying data from a playlist with
no data, will not add breakpoints to the
playlist.
 Automation data for plug-ins or sends that
do not exist on the target track will be
ignored when pasted.
Paste Special Mode
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Merge - Add MIDI data that you copied
from a source selection to existing MIDI
data in a destination selection.
Repeating Automation - paste multiple
iterations of copied automation data to a
destination selection range.
Paste to Different Automation Type - copy
and paste between automation playlists on
the same track or to copy automation data
from a source track and paste it into a
different type of playlist on a separate
destination track.