Writing Automation To The Start, End, Or All Of A Track Or Selection - DigiDesign Pro Tools Reference Manual

Writing Automation to the
Start, End, or All of a Track or
Selection
(Pro Tools HD Only)
Pro Tools lets you write current automation val-
ues from any insertion point forward (or back-
ward) to the end (or beginning) of a track or Edit
selection in a track, or to an entire track or Edit
selection, while performing an automation pass.
Automation Write to Start/End//All buttons
Write Automation to Start, End, and All buttons in the
Automation window
The standard Write Automation to Start, All, or
End commands do not operate when the
Pro Tools transport is stopped. It only affects au-
tomation for those parameters that are currently
write-enabled and currently writing automation
data.
Optionally, Write Automation to Start, All, and
End can be configured to always be applied au-
tomatically. See "Writing Automation to the
Start, End or All of a Track or Selection on Stop"
on page 618.
Requirements for Standard Write
Automation Commands
For automation data to be written for a specific
parameter, the associated track must be in one
of the following Automation modes and meet
the following conditions:
Latch Mode The control for the parameter must
be changed (touched) during the automation
pass.
Touch Mode The control for the parameter must
be changed (touched).
Write Mode All controls on that track must be in
Write mode.
This command can be undone.
To write current automation values to the start,
end, or all of a track or Edit selection:
Choose Window > Automation.
1
Make sure that the automation type is write-
2
enabled.
Do one of the following:
3
• Click in a track at an insertion point.
– or –
• Drag with the Selector tool to select a portion
of the track.
Click Play to begin playback.
4
Make sure you are actively writing on the ap-
5
propriate track if you are in Latch or Touch
mode.
When you reach a point in the track or selec-
6
tion that contains the automation data you
want to apply, click the Write Automation to
Start, All, or End button in the Automation win-
dow.
Chapter 27: Automation 617