CHAPTER 18. AUTOMATION AND EDITING ENVELOPES
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Volume, Pan and the
Track Activator Switch
Have Been Automated.
18.2
Deleting Automation
To delete automation data,
(PC) /
Ctrl
(Mac) on an automated control to open
its context menu and select Delete Automation. The automation LED disappears, and the
control's value stays constant across the entire song. You can also delete automation by
editing
breakpoint envelopes
.
18.3
Overriding Automation
In practice, you will often want to try out new control moves without overwriting existing
automation data. Well, nothing is forever in the world of in nite
Undo
, but it's easy to
disable a control's automation temporarily to avoid overwriting existing data: If you change
an automated control's value while
not
in Record mode, the automation LED goes off to
indicate the control's automation is inactive. Any automation is therefore
overridden
by the
current manual setting.
The Back to
Arrangement Button.
When one or more of the automated controls in your Live Set are not active, the Control
Bar's Back to Arrangement button lights up. This button serves two purposes:
1. It reminds you that the current state of the controls differs from the state captured
in the Arrangement.
