Displaying the composite automation playlist – M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio User Manual

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To resize the height of all Automation and
Controller lanes for a track, do one of the
following:

„

Right-click on the vertical zoom scale just to

the right of the track controls and select the
height from the pop-up menu.

– or –

„

Drag the bottom line of any given Lane Con-

trols column up or down. The cursor changes to
indicate that you can resize the lane.

To resize the height of a single Automation or
Controller lane for a track:

„

Press Start (Windows) or Control (Mac) while

selecting the Lane Height setting.

To reorder lanes:

„

To reorder lanes on-screen, drag the lane con-

trol section to new positions in the Edit window.

Displaying Trim Automation Along
with the Main Playlist

(Pro Tools HD Only)

The appearance of Trim automation depends on
how it is set to be coalesced. See “Coalescing
Trim Automation” on page 937
.

If automation is not set to coalesce after every
automation pass, you can display Trim automa-
tion data along with the main Volume or Send
level automation data in the same automation
view. This Trim automation display cannot be
directly edited.

To display the Trim automation playlist along with
main automation playlist on tracks:

„

Select View > Automation > Trim Playlist.

Displaying the Composite
Automation Playlist

(Pro Tools HD Only)

If automation is not set to coalesce after every
automation pass, you can display a composite
automation playlist that shows the contribution
of the Trim automation to the main Volume or
Send Level automation data. This composite
playlist display cannot be directly edited.

The composite playlist is shown in both the
main automation playlist and the Trim automa-
tion playlist.

To display the composite playlist:

„

Select View > Automation > Composite Playlist.

Press Start+Up/Down Arrow key (Win-
dows) or Control+Up/Down Arrow key
(Mac) to increase or decrease height of any
lane that contains the Edit cursor or an Edit
selection.

Display of Trim automation in a main Volume playlist

Display of Trim automation and the composite playlist
in a main Volume playlist

Volume
data

Volume
Trim
data

Volume
data

Volume
Trim
data

Composite
playlist

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