ADOBE PREMIERE PRO 2.0
User Guide
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For each audio track, the selection in the automation options menu determines the track’s automation state during
the mixing process:
Off
Ignores the track’s stored settings during playback. Off allows real-time use of Audio Mixer controls without
interference from stored automation settings.
Read
Reads the track’s automation settings and uses them to control the track during playback. If a track has no
settings, adjusting a track option (such as volume) affects the entire track uniformly. If you adjust an option for a
track that’s set to Read automation, the option assumes its former value (before the current automated changes were
recorded) when you stop adjusting it. The rate of return is determined by the Automatch Time preference.
Write
Records adjustments you make to any automatable track settings that are not set to Safe During Write, and
creates corresponding track keyframes in the Timeline panel. Write mode writes automation as soon as playback
starts without waiting for a setting to change. You can modify this behavior by choosing the Switch To Touch After
Write command from the Audio Mixer menu. After playback stops or a playback loop cycle completes, the Switch
To Touch After Write command switches all Write mode tracks to Touch mode.
Latch
Identical to Write, except that automation does not start until you begin adjusting a property. The initial
property settings are from the previous adjustment.
Touch
Identical to Write, except that automation does not start until you begin adjusting a property. When you stop
adjusting a property, its option settings return to their previous state before the current automated changes were
recorded. The rate of return is determined by the Automatch Time audio preference.
If you want to preserve the settings of a property, right-click an effect or send and choose the Safe During Write
command from the pop-up menu. This command prevents that property from being edited when Write automation
mode is on. It also protects that property across all tracks in a sequence.
See also
“To set Automatch Time for Touch mode” on page 201
“Working with keyframes” on page 230
To automate track properties over time using the Audio Mixer
1
In the Audio Mixer or Timeline panel, set the current time to the point where you want to start recording
automation changes.
Note:
In the Audio Mixer, you can set the current time at the top left corner of the panel.
2
In the Audio Mixer, choose an automation mode from the Automation Mode menu at the top of each track you
want to automate.
3
(Optional) To protect the settings of a property during the Write automation mode, right-click an effect or send
and then select Safe During Write from the pop-up menu.
4
In the Audio Mixer, do one of the following:
•
To start automation, click the Play button
in the Audio Mixer.
•
To play the sequence in a continuous loop, click the Loop button
.
•
To play from the In point to the Out point, click the Play In To Out button
.
5
As the audio plays back, adjust the options of any automatable property.
6
To stop automation, click the Stop button
.
7
To preview changes, reset the current time to the beginning of your changes, and click the Play button.