Instrument Part Automation - PRESONUS AudioBox Stereo Quick Start Manual

Touch mode can be used even if your hardware controller does not have touch sensitivity. In
this case, automation is written when you move the hardware controller, and existing
automation will be read when you are not moving the hardware controller.
10.4.5 Latch
When Latch is selected in the Automation Mode window, automation will be read until a
hardware control is manipulated, at which point automation will be written continuously until
playback is stopped. When playback is resumed, automation will be read until a hardware
control is again touched.
10.4.6 Write
When Write is selected in the Automation Mode window, automation is continuously written
based on the current position of external hardware controllers. Existing automation will not be
read at any point and will instead be overwritten with the new automation.
10.5

Instrument Part Automation

In a feature unique to Studio One, automation envelopes for any given virtual instrument can
be written and accessed directly within Instrument Parts, just like musical-data parameters
such as velocity and pitch bend. Part automation is integrated into Instrument Parts, so that
no matter where an Instrument Part is moved, or how it is edited, the automation will stay in
place. In this way, virtual-instrument automation can be kept where it belongs with the
Instrument Parts in your Song.
Thus, Instrument Part automation is functionally similar to the track-automation system but is
dedicated to Instrument Parts and the virtual instruments they control, offering enormous
flexibility.
10.5.1 Recording Part Automation
When an Instrument Part is being recorded, and any of a connected virtual instrument's or
External Instrument's controls are manipulated with the mouse or with an external hardware
controller, those control changes are recorded into the Part as Part automation. At any time,
Part automation can be recorded live to a new or existing Part by enabling Record and
manipulating the virtual-instrument controls.
The related Instrument Track must be connected to a virtual instrument or External Instrument
in order for Part automation to be recorded.
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