I am starting to think these are HD features. There isn't an automation menu under edit in PT10 and i didn't see a write t to end when in the automation window. Can any other PT 9 or 10 non HD users confirm this? On Mar 18, 2012, at 8:06 PM, Slau Halatyn <[email protected]> wrote:
> Steve, > > I thought there was a dedicated menu item for writing to the end of the > session. There's certainly a button in the Automation window for it but, as I > said, I'm so used to pressing a button for it. > > HTH, > > Slau > > On Mar 18, 2012, at 6:47 PM, Stephen Martin wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I am having a hard time finding the write automation to entire selection, >> any idea where it may be or a shortcut key for it. >> On Mar 18, 2012, at 4:21 PM, Slau Halatyn wrote: >> >>> Steve, >>> >>> The problem with trying to do automation without a control surface is that >>> the automation process will change the parameters to the automated values >>> unless you either drag a fader or draw in the values by eye. If you did >>> know, for example, that you wanted to drop the level of a track by, say, 6 >>> dB, you can do something as specific as that fairly easily. Let's say your >>> track is starting out at 0 dB and you've already begun the automation >>> process by putting all tracks into Automation write mode at the beginning >>> of the session, enabled volume automation within the Automation window and >>> engaged the transport. >>> >>> After stopping the transport, move the transport to the playback position >>> where you wish to make the drop in volume. >>> 1. Put the track into Auto Write mode again. >>> 2. Change the volume level of the track to minus 6 dB. >>> 3. Engage playback but don't stop the transport right away. >>> >>> The last thing you need to do is write automation to the end of the >>> session. There's a keyboard shortcut for it that I don't remember because I >>> use a dedicated button for it on my control surface but you can find it in >>> the Edit menu. Once you press that command, Pro Tools will prompt you >>> asking whether you want to write the automation to the end of the session. >>> Press OK and you're set. >>> >>> If you don't press the command to write to the end of the session, the >>> automation will only write the minus 6 dB level to the track for as long as >>> the transport is engaged. This would be handy, of course, if you only >>> needed the track to be lower for a few bars or so. >>> >>> >>> As with many things in Pro Tools, there's another way to do this. You can >>> instead use Latch mode so that when you enter automation record mode, >>> whatever your current value is, it'll write it to the end of the session >>> automatically. This, of course, is great if you want that effect but not at >>> all helpful if you just want to overwrite some automation in the middle and >>> keep the rest of the automation moves. >>> >>> Further still, you can make a selection range and experiment with levels >>> during playback and, once you've achieved the right level, choose "Write to >>> Entire Selection" which will write the last level set to the entire >>> selection range. >>> >>> Automation is extremely powerful and at the same time very dangerous. It's >>> easy to have things go awry. For that reason, a control surface is really a >>> super handy accessory. I don't think I'd try much automation without a >>> surface myself. Hopefully that helps a bit. >>> >>> slau >>> >>> On Mar 18, 2012, at 2:55 PM, Steve Martin wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> Been reading the manual trying to figure out how to do automation >>>> snapshots. Basically i have a project i am working on that starts out >>>> with 2 instruments and i want to drop the volume of one when the third >>>> instrument kick in. I cand so far see how to do fade in/out and volume >>>> automation using the fader and moving it during playback. But is there a >>>> way to set the volume at specific levels and have it automatically snap >>>> to those different levels during playback withough using the fader >>>> approach? >>> >> >
