Creating And Editing Audio Envelopes - CAKEWALK SONAR User Manual

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5. Make sure that the Enable Automation Playback button
depressed; rewind the project, play it, and listen to the results.
6. Do one of the following:
• Rewind the project and re-record the automation data.
OR
• If you are happy with the result, right-click the armed control and deselect Arm for
Automation from the menu.
After you record the automation data, SONAR draws a graph of it (an envelope) in the Clips pane,
which you can edit with the mouse (see the rest of this chapter).
You can also group controls, so that automating one control automates all the controls in the group.

Creating and Editing Audio Envelopes

You can create audio envelopes for both audio tracks and buses. Drawing an envelope for audio data
overwrites any preexisting envelope for the same parameter that occurs at the same time in the same
track or bus.
After you create an envelope, you can edit it with the following procedure, but you can also edit by using
the Envelope Draw tool to draw freehand or preset shapes. See "Using the Envelope Draw Tool" on page
446 for more information.
To Create and Edit Audio Envelopes with the Select or Envelope Tools
1. Right-click in the Clips pane in the track (or bus) you want to automate.
The Clips pane popup menu appears.
2. From the menu, choose Envelopes-Create Track Envelope-(name of the control you want to
automate). Notice the envelope's color at the right side of the menu.
The envelope appears in the Clips pane as a straight, dotted line in the envelope's individual color,
with a node (very small circle) at the beginning. When you move the cursor over the envelope, a
vertical, double-ended arrow appears under it with the name and current value of the envelope in
a box next to the cursor. The envelope's vertical position reflects the current value of the parameter
you are editing.
Envelope name and current value
Node
Note: An automated mute envelope changes the track's mute status whenever the envelope
crosses the middle of its value range.
3. Using either the Select
vertical, double-ended arrow appears under it (notice that the name and current value of the
envelope appear in a box next to the cursor), and right-click the envelope. If you use the Envelope
tool, you can't accidentally edit any other data besides the envelope.
The Envelope Editing menu appears.
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Envelope value range
or Envelope tools, move the cursor over the envelope until a
in the Automation toolbar is