Master Automation Controls - Merging Pyramix 4.3 User Manual

Selecting one of these opens a sub-menu. The last choice in each case is Automation. selecting this
opens a further sub-menu offering a choice of the four automation modes.

Master Automation Controls

The Master Automation Controls are in a dockable Tool Palette, by default located at the bottom right
side of the main Pyramix window. There are Off, Play and Write buttons plus two buttons with camera
icons which deal with Snapshot automation.
When the Off button is pressed, no existing automation data is played back and no new data is
recorded when controls are moved.
When the Play button is pressed it 'lights' green. Controls set to Play, or Auto-Write, play back existing
automation data, otherwise they maintain their default values. Controls set to Isolate or Record main-
tain their current values and no new data is recorded.
When the Record button is pressed it 'lights' red. Controls set to Record record their current values.
Controls set to Auto-Write only record when they are moved. Controls set to Play playback existing
automation data (if any). Controls set to Isolate maintain their current values.
The Snapshot button inserts an automation event (key frame) which records the state of all
The Snapshot Range button inserts automation snapshot key frames of all enabled controls
Master Automation Controls dockable toolbar
enabled controls at the current cursor position.
at the Mark In and Mark Out cursor positions. In effect this sets all enabled controls to the
current state throughout the range defined by the marks.
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