Apple Logic Pro 8 - Manual (Page 594)

594 Chapter 26 Working With Automation
Editing Track Automation Data in an Event List
Logic Pro allows track automation data to be altered in a dedicated event editor
window, which can only be opened via the Automation Event List key command
(default: Control-Command-E).
Each automation event is displayed as a MIDI controller event, and can be adjusted in
length, value, and so on.
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Tip: If you launch another Arrange window (Command-1) while the Automation Event
List window is open, you will see all automation data as folder regions in a separate
Arrange window. These can be handled just like MIDI regions, but only affect
automation data.
Note: This functionality generally won’t be required in most automation editing
situations, but is there if you need it.
Writing Track Automation With External Controllers
Logic Pro provides support for a number of dedicated control surfaces that make
writing and editing track automation data fast, efficient, and easy. Dependent on the
facilities available, you can simultaneously write automation data for several channels,
or multiple plug-in parameters. Full details on all supported devices can be found in
the Logic Pro 8 Control Surfaces Support manual.
Any MIDI controller—such as the modulation wheel, or a front panel slider or knob on
your MIDI keyboard—can be used to write automation data. You can use one such
controller for all automation writing duties (see below), or can assign individual
controllers (if available on your MIDI keyboard) to different parameters (see the
Logic Pro 8 Control Surfaces Support manual).