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Chapter 30: Automation 707
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Stop playback to finish the automation pass.
All tracks are taken out of their Latch Prime
state.
Taking Tracks and Controls Out of Latch
Prime
You can take individual tracks or automation
types out of their Latch Prime state before or
during an automation pass.
◆ When you take a track or automation type out
of Latch Prime before starting playback, it stays
in Latch mode but the corresponding controls
are not primed to write when playback starts.
◆ When you take a track or automation type out
of Latch Prime during an automation pass, the
corresponding controls AutoMatch to their cur-
rently written values.
◆ If you AutoMatch a control that is in a Latch
Prime state, the control will no longer be
primed.
To take a track out of Latch Prime:
■
Control-click (Windows) or Command-click
(Mac) the Automation Mode selector on the
track.
The selector button unbolds to indicate that the
track is no longer primed.
To take all tracks out of Latch Prime, do one of the
following:
■
Alt-Control-click (Windows) or Option-Com-
mand-click (Mac) the Automation Mode selec-
tor on a track.
– or –
■
Click the AutoMatch button in the Automa-
tion window.
To take all selected tracks out of Latch Prime, do
one of the following:
■
Alt-Control-Shift-click (Windows) or Option-
Command-Shift-click (Mac) the Automation
Mode selector on a track.
– or –
■
Alt-Shift-click (Windows) Option-Shift-click
(Mac) the AutoMatch button in the Automation
window.
You can use the Write to Punch command
at the end of your automation pass to write
the current value back to the start of the
pass.
AutoMatch button in the Automation window
AutoMatch button