3 <img src="/images/automation-curve1.png">
4 <figcaption class=center>A typical automation curve.</figcaption>
8 An <dfn>automation curve</dfn> is a series of lines connected by <dfn>control
9 points</dfn> that typically defines a continuous line. As the curve is
10 traversed from left to right, the line defines the level of the parameter
11 controlled by the automation lane.
15 There are two types of automation curves: <kbd class=menu>Linear</kbd> and
16 <kbd class=menu>Discrete</kbd>. The most common type is <kbd
17 class=menu>Linear</kbd>, in which the space between any two contiguous
18 control points is continuously interpolated; in other words, the values
19 between any two contiguous control points at any given time is given by the
20 straight line connecting them. The second type of automation curve is <kbd
21 class=menu>Discrete</kbd>, in which no interpolation between control points
22 is done; whatever value the control point is set at is the value it will
23 yield until it reaches the next control point, at which point it will give
24 that value until the next control point, and so on until there are no more
29 The curve by itself does nothing; it will <em>only</em> control playback if
30 the lane it resides in is in <kbd class=menu>Play</kbd> mode.