Automation Modes - PRESONUS AudioBox Stereo Quick Start Manual

10.4

Automation Modes

In Studio One, automation modes are specific to devices on each Track. A delay effect on an
Audio Track might be in Touch mode, while the volume, pan, and other effects on that Track
are in different modes. This allows a great deal of flexibility.
With Show Automation selected, the current automation mode is visible. To select any mode,
click on the Automation Mode window and select from the list. The following describes the
automation modes.
10.4.1 Auto: Off
When Auto: Off is selected in the Automation Mode window, all automation for the current
parameter and for all related parameters will be turned off.
For instance, if you are currently viewing the Attack envelope for a compressor inserted on an
Audio Track, and you select Auto:Off, all parameter automation for the compressor will be
turned off. However, automation envelopes for parameters that do not belong to the
compressor can still use a different automation mode.
This is not the same as turning an individual automation envelope on and off, as described in
the Turn Automation On/Off section of this chapter, as that on/off button only affects the
currently visible automation envelope.
10.4.2 Read
When you select Read in the Automation Mode window, any existing automation envelopes
on the Track for the related device will be read, and these envelopes will control their related
parameters. Read mode will automatically be engaged when you draw a new automation
envelope with the mouse.
• Press [J] on the keyboard to switch to Read Automation Mode manually on the
selected Tracks.
10.4.3 Touch
When Touch is selected in the Automation Mode window, automation envelopes can be
affected by touch-sensitive, external hardware controllers, so that new automation is written
when a hardware control is touched, and automation is read when the hardware control is not
being touched. This allows the user to manipulate the control at any time in order to write
new automation or overwrite existing automation. Studio One will resume reading
automation when the control is released.
• Press [K] on the keyboard to switch to Touch mode manually on the selected Tracks.
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