DigiDesign Pro Tools 8.0 Reference Manual page 934

To display send controls, do one of the follow-
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ing:
• Click the send to open the Output window
for the send that you want to automate.
– or –
• Select View > Sends A–E (or Sends F–J) and
select one of the individual views (such as
Send A).
Start playback to begin writing automation.
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Move the controls you want to automate.
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When you have finished, stop playback.
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Send level, mute, and pan can also be con-
figured to follow Mix Groups. See "Automa-
tion Preferences" on page 908 for informa-
tion.
Copying Track Automation to Sends
(Pro Tools HD Only)
There may be times where you want a track's
send settings or automation to mirror the set-
tings or automation in the track itself, for exam-
ple, when creating a headphone mix based on
the main mix, or when an effect level needs to
follow the levels in a main mix. You can copy
the current settings or the entire automation
playlist for the selected controls to the corre-
sponding playlist for the send.
To copy a track's settings or automation to one of
its sends:
Select the tracks you want to edit by clicking
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on the track names to highlight them.
Choose Edit > Automation > Copy to Send.
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Copy To Send dialog
In the Copy to Send dialog, do any of the fol-
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lowing:
• Select Current Value to copy the current set-
tings of the corresponding controls.
• Select Automation to copy the entire auto-
mation playlist for the corresponding con-
trols.
Select the controls you want to copy.
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Select the sends to which to copy the automa-
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tion, and click OK.
When overwriting automation, Pro Tools
presents a confirmation dialog. To suppress
this dialog, press Alt (Windows) or Option
(Mac) while clicking OK.
You can undo the results of the Copy to Send
command.
Automating Plug-ins
You can automate changes to virtually all plug-
in controls. Automating a plug-in is slightly dif-
ferent from other automation procedures, be-
cause you must enable individual plug-in con-
trols for automation.