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Creating and editing automation envelopes
Automation
Snapshots
A snapshot is a setting or group of settings that SONAR’s controls snap to when your project
reaches a certain Now Time. You set all the controls to the values you want, and then create a
snapshot of these settings at a particular Now Time. This approach is useful, for example, when your
project contains a variety of distinct sections and you want to make a sudden change in one or more
settings between the sections.
To create a snapshot of a track or bus parameter
1. Move the parameter control to where you want it.
2. Move the Now Time to the location where you want to create the snapshot.
3. Right-click the control and choose Automation Snapshot in the pop-up menu. You don’t have to
write-enable the track or bus module.
An indicator will appear on the control to show that automation has been added, and a node will
be added to the control's envelope on the track.
4. Make sure the appropriate Automation Read button is enabled, play your project and listen to
the results. You can undo the snapshot by using the Undo command, or by taking another
snapshot at the same Now Time.
Successive snapshots do not update envelope node values
When taking multiple automation snapshots at the same Now time, new envelope nodes are created
instead of updating any existing envelope nodes. To address this issue, undo the previous
automation snapshot before performing a new snapshot.
See:
“Automation” on page 1101
“Quick automation guide” on page 1103
“Automation methods” on page 1104
“Automation write modes” on page 1105
“Automation time base” on page 1107
“Automation Read and Automation Write buttons” on page 1108
“Recording individual fader or knob movements” on page 1109
“Automation lanes” on page 1111
“Creating and editing automation envelopes” on page 1119
“Automating track and bus mute” on page 1130
“Envelope mode and Offset mode” on page 1131
“Converting MIDI controllers to envelopes” on page 1134
“Automating effects” on page 1136
“Recording automation data from an external controller” on page 1138