M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio - Manual (Page 950)

Pro Tools Reference Guide 932
To individually edit a automation for a member of a
group without affecting the other members, do
one of the following:
„ Press the Start key (Windows) or Control
(Mac) while you perform the edit.
Cutting, Copying, and Pasting
Automation
Cutting automation data is different from delet-
ing it, and yields different results (although both
change the existing automation data). Copying
automation leaves the original automation data
intact.
You delete automation data by selecting a range
of breakpoints and pressing Backspace (Win-
dows) or Delete (Mac). See “Deleting Automa-
tion” on page 925 for details.
You cut automation data by selecting a range of
breakpoints from an automation playlist and se-
lecting the Cut command.
When you cut automation data and when you
paste it into a new location, anchor breakpoints
are added to the beginning and end points of
the data. This is done to preserve the true slope
(of continuous controls, such as Volume faders
or pans) or state (of switched or stepped con-
trols, such as Mutes) of the automation data
both inside and outside the selection.
The following illustrations show the difference
between cutting and deleting automation data.
In Figure 10, a track is set to display volume au-
tomation, and a range of automation data is se-
lected.
If the Cut command is chosen, anchor break-
points are created at each end of the selection,
and the automation slope on either side of the
cut data is preserved, as shown in Figure 11.
If the data is deleted by pressing Backspace
(Windows) or Delete (Mac), the automation
data is removed, and automation values span
the gap between pre-existing breakpoints, as in
Figure 12.
Trimming automation on an active grouped track
Figure 10. Selecting automation data
Figure 11. After cutting the automation data
Figure 12. After deleting the automation data