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Chapter 11: Operating Modes and Commands 133
Working with Automation
Setting the Automation Mode of Channels
To cycle a channel forward through the automation modes:
Press the Automation Mode switch on the channel.
To cycle a channel backward through the automation modes:
Hold the Shift (add) Modifier switch and press the Auto-
mation Mode switch on the channel.
To toggle a channel in and out of Trim mode:
Press the Trim switch on the channel.
To set the automation mode of one or more channels:
1 Hold an Automation Mode switch (Write, Touch, Latch,
Trim, Read, or Off).
2 Press the Select switches or Auto switches on the channels
whose automation mode you want to set.
To set the automation mode of all or all selected channels:
1 Press the Do To All or Do To Selected switch.
2 Press an Automation Mode switch (Write, Touch, Latch,
Trim, Read, or Off).
To toggle the write enable status of an automation type across
all channels:
Press the switch for the corresponding automation type
(Volume, Pan, Mute, Send Level, Send Pan, Send Mute, or
Plug-In) in the Automation Enable section.
To suspend automation for all tracks:
Press the Auto Suspend switch in the Channel Strip Master
Function controls.
Displaying the Automation Playlist for a
Control
To display the automation playlist on-screen for a fader:
Hold Control+Start (Windows) or Command+Control
(Mac) and touch the fader.
To display the automation playlist on-screen for an encoder:
Hold Control+Start (Windows) or Command+Control
(Mac) and touch the encoder.
Previewing Automation
To preview a new automation value for a control:
1 Enable the track for automation by cycling its Automation
Mode switch to enable Touch, Latch, or Touch/Latch mode.
2 Enable the automation type by pressing its switch in the
Automation Enable section.
3 Do one of the following:
Press the Preview Soft Key in the Actions Soft Keys Page.
– or –
Hold Control (Win) or Command (Mac) and press the
Off switch in the Automation Mode controls. The Off
switch flashes to indicate Preview mode.
4 Isolate a control by moving it.
5 Start playback and adjust the isolated control to audition
the new automation value.
To suspend Preview mode;
Do one of the following:
Press the Suspend Preview Soft Key in the Actions Soft
Keys Page.
– or –
Hold Control (Win) or Command (Mac) and press the
Read switch in the Automation Mode controls.
To punch a preview value to the automation playlist:
Do one of the following:
Press the Punch Preview Soft Key in the Actions Page.
– or –
Hold Control (Win) or Command (Mac) and press the
flashing Off switch in the Automation Mode controls.
Capturing and Recalling Automation
You can capture the current automation values of actively
writing controls and store them as snapshots. On D-Control,
up to 48 snapshots can be stored and recalled. These stored
snapshots are saved with the Pro Tools session.
Capturing Automation Values
Before you can store automation values as a snapshot preset,
they must be loaded into the Capture buffer.
To capture automation values:
1 In the Channel Strip Function controls, press the Auto
switch on each channel whose automation values you want to
capture so that it is in a write-enabled state (Write, Touch,
Latch, Touch/Latch or Latch).
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