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Automate mix and effects settings
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Select, copy, move, and delete automation
Select, copy, and move automation
After you create control points and curves, you can easily change things to meet your needs. You
can copy automation within a track or between tracks and can move automation within a track.
When moving regions, you can choose whether or not to move any existing automation with it.
You can only use the Automation Curve tool to bend automation curves when Show
Advanced Tools is selected in the Advanced preferences pane.
Select automation
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Drag any selection of control points and curves.
Copy automation within a track
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Select the points or curves you want to copy, then Option-drag the selection to a different
location on the track.
Any existing points in the target location are deleted.
Copy automation between tracks
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Hold down Shift while dragging a selection within the automation area.
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Choose Edit > Copy (or use the corresponding key command).
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Select the track you want to copy the automation to.
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Choose Edit > Paste (or use the corresponding key command).
Move automation
Do one of the following:
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Select the points or curves you want to move, then drag them horizontally or vertically.
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Hold down Control while dragging control points or curves. This technique allows fine
adjustment of the point or curve value.
Any existing points in the target location are deleted.
Move regions with or without automation
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Choose one of the following Move Automation with Regions options in the Preferences >
Automation pane:
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Never: Does not move automation when you move regions.
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Always: Always moves automation when you move regions. The automation area
encompassed by the region boundaries is moved.
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Ask: A dialog prompts you to move the automation—or leave it where it is—whenever you
move a region.
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Control-click the track lane, then choose one of the following options from the shortcut menu
that appears:
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Never move Automation with Regions
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Always move Automation with Regions
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Ask to move Automation with Regions