Automation Curves

It is possible to automate volume, pan and send levels for each track by adding automation curves.

Activating automation curve parameters

Choose Automation Curves... from the Session menu. T

The Automation Curves window appears:

Select automation targets from the left side and move them to the Active automation curves section on the right to activate an automation curve.

Editing automation curves

Automation Curves lets you have volumes, panning and send levels that change along the timeline.

Automation curves are visible and editable directly on each audio track in the multitrack editor:

The track above has an activated volume automation curve.

Adding curve points

You can add a curve point by moving the mouse cursor over the curve. The mouse cursor turns into a pointing hand.

Now you can click the mouse button to create a new curve point and move it around with the using the mouse.

Removing curve points

Mouse over an automation curve so that its points appear. Double click a curve point to remove it.

Curve interpolation

You can also choose how to interpolate the curve between two curve points. Click one of the curve points so that it gets focused, indicated with a white outline.

Now, two arrow shaped handles appear to the left and to the right of the curve point. You can drag these to get a smoother transition on either side.

In the above image, the interpolation handle has been dragged to the right to modify the curve to the right of the focused middle point.

Moving Clips with Automation Curves

If you move clips after you have created an automation curve, you can choose if you want the automation points to follow the clip. The default action is that automation points follow the clip movement. If you want the automation points to remain at their original locations when moving clips in time, hold down the Alt key on Windows or the Option key on Mac while moving the clip.