DigiDesign Pro Tools Reference Manual page 611

Click the Automation Mode selector on the
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track where you want to write automation and
do one of the following:
• Choose Latch mode to allow priming of all
automation-enabled controls on the track.
– or –
• Choose Touch/Latch mode to leave the
main Volume fader in Touch mode and al-
low priming of all other automation-en-
abled controls.
While the transport is stopped, touch or move
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the controls you want to start writing at the be-
ginning of the automation pass. When at least
one control on a track is primed, the Auto-
mation Mode selector displays in bold.
Automation
Mode
selector
Automation mode indicator before (left) and after
priming of latched controls (right)
Start playback. All primed controls begin writ-
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ing automation at their primed values.
Stop playback to finish the automation pass.
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All tracks are taken out of their Latch Prime
state.
You can use the Write to Punch command
at the end of your automation pass to write
the current value back to the start of the
pass.
Taking Tracks and Controls Out of Latch
Prime
You can take individual tracks or automation
types out of their Latch Prime state before or
during an automation pass.
When you take a track or automation type out
◆
of Latch Prime before starting playback, it stays
in Latch mode but the corresponding controls
are not primed to write when playback starts.
When you take a track or automation type out
◆
of Latch Prime during an automation pass, the
corresponding controls AutoMatch to their cur-
rently written values.
If you AutoMatch a control that is in a Latch
◆
Prime state, the control will no longer be
primed.
To take a track out of Latch Prime:
Control-click (Windows) or Command-click
■
(Mac) the Automation Mode selector on the
track.
The selector button unbolds to indicate that the
track is no longer primed.
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