Hi Steve, For what it's worth, I haven't upgraded to 10 yet so it may be somewhere else but it's been under the Edit menu since version 3 so it would be sort of surprising although not impossible.
slau On Mar 19, 2012, at 7:40 PM, Steve Martin wrote: > 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? >>>> >>> >> >
