DigiDesign Pro Tools Reference Manual page 622

Examples
If you create new automation breakpoints on
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a grouped track (with the Pencil tool or any
Grabber tool), other members of the group have
breakpoints placed relative to that track.
If you move volume or send automation on a
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grouped track (with any of the Trim tools), other
members of the group have their volume or
send breakpoints trimmed relative to that track.
This lets you trim entire sections of a mix.
Trimming automation on an active grouped track
To individually edit a member of a group without
affecting the other members, do one of the
following:
For audio, Auxiliary Input, and Instrument
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tracks, press the Start key (Windows) or Control
(Mac) while you perform the edit.
– or –
For MIDI tracks, do not press the Start key
■
(Windows) or Control (Mac) while you perform
the edit.
To edit all members of a group, do one of the
following:
For audio, Auxiliary Input, and Instrument
■
tracks, do not press the Start key (Windows) or
Control (Mac) while you perform the edit.
– or –
For MIDI tracks, press the Start key (Windows)
■
or Control (Mac) while you perform the edit.
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When editing automation, audio and MIDI
Pan controls work opposite from the way all
other controls work.
For audio, Auxiliary Input, and Instrument
tracks, when you edit or trim Pan break-
points, Edit Groups are not obeyed. For
grouped behavior, press the Start key (Win-
dows) or Control (Mac) while trimming.
For MIDI pan on MIDI and Instrument
tracks, when you edit or trim Pan break-
points, Edit Groups are obeyed. For individ-
ual behavior, press the Start key (Windows)
or Control (Mac) while trimming.
Cutting, Copying, and Pasting
Automation
Cutting automation data is different from delet-
ing it, and yields different results (although both
change the existing automation data). Copying
automation leaves the original automation data
intact.
You delete automation data by selecting a range
of breakpoints and pressing Backspace (Win-
dows) or Delete (Mac). See "Deleting Auto-
mation" on page 603 for details.
You cut automation data by selecting a range of
breakpoints from an automation playlist and se-
lecting the Cut command.
When you cut automation data and when you
paste it into a new location, anchor breakpoints
are added to the beginning and end points of
the data. This is done to preserve the true slope
(of continuous controls, such as Volume faders
or pans) or state (of switched or stepped con-
trols, such as Mutes) of the automation data
both inside and outside the selection.