Avid Technology Pro Tools HD 7.2 - Manual (Page 70)

What’s New in Pro Tools HD 7.2 64
Track Automation Mode Selectors
◆ When a track is enabled for automation but
not writing automation, the Automation mode
indicator shows the mode in normal red text.
◆ When any control on a track is writing auto-
mation, the Automation mode indicator shows
the mode in bold red text.
Automation Window Buttons
◆ When an automation type is writing automa-
tion on any track in the session, the correspond-
ing button in the Automation window displays
bold red text.
◆ When an automation type is enabled but is
not writing anywhere in the session, the corre-
sponding button in the Automation window
displays normal red text.
New Preference to
Automatically Enable Plug-ins
for Automation
You can set Pro Tools to automatically enable all
controls of a plug-in for automation when you
add the plug-in to your session.
To automatically enable all plug-in controls for
automation:
1 Choose Setup > Preferences and click Mixing.
2 Select “Plug-in Controls Default to Auto-En-
abled.”
3 Click OK to close the Preferences window.
“Write Automation To”
Command Enhancements
New Write to Punch Point
Command
Pro Tools 7.2 adds the ability to write current
automation values from the current insertion
point back to the point where automation writ-
ing started.
This lets you “fill back” an automation value
within a track after finding the right level or set-
ting during an automation pass, without having
to go back and repeat the pass.
Like the other “Write Automation To” com-
mands, you can invoke the Write Automation
to Punch Point command at any time during
playback, or enable Write Automation to Punch
Point on Stop mode to automatically write auto-
mation when the transport is stopped.
Automation Mode selector showing enabled state (left)
and writing state (right)
Automation window showing possible automation
states
Writing
Enabled
Not Enabled