<figure class=right>
<img src="/images/automation-menu1.png">
-<figcaption class=center>The automation menu.</figcaption>
+<figcaption class=center>The top level automation menu.</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>
- To automate a parameter on a given track, click on the track's <kbd
- class=menu>A</kbd> button and select a parameter to control from the menu
+ A parameter on a given track can be automated by clicking on the track's <kbd
+ class=menu>A</kbd> button and selecting a parameter to control from the menu
that appears. Once a parameter has been selected, an automation lane for that
parameter will appear beneath the track. The lane thus shown will be empty;
from here an automation curve must be defined.
</p>
<ul>
- <li>Record it using <kbd class=menu>Write</kbd> mode</li>
- <li>Record it using <kbd class=menu>Touch</kbd> mode</li>
- <li>Draw it using the mouse</li>
+ <li>Recording it using <kbd class=menu>Write</kbd> mode</li>
+ <li>Recording it using <kbd class=menu>Touch</kbd> mode</li>
+ <li>Drawing it using the mouse</li>
</ul>
-<h2>Recording an Automation Curve Using Write Mode</h2>
+<h3>Recording an Automation Curve Using Write Mode</h3>
<p>
To create an automation curve using <kbd class=menu>Write</kbd> mode, first
automation curves.
</p>
-<h2>Recording an Automation Curve Using Touch Mode</h2>
+<h3>Recording an Automation Curve Using Touch Mode</h3>
<p>
Creating an automation curve using <kbd class=menu>Touch</kbd> mode is
which is usually used to create the automation curve in the first place.
</p>
-<h2>Drawing an Automation Curve Using the Mouse</h2>
+<h3>Drawing an Automation Curve Using the Mouse</h3>
<p>
- In <dfn>Draw</dfn> mode, <dfn>control points</dfn> can be entered in the
- automation lane by <kbd class=mouse>Left</kbd>-clicking in the lane at a
+ In <a href="@@toolbox"><dfn>Draw</dfn> mode</a>, <dfn>control points</dfn> can be entered in the
+ automation lane by <kbd class=mouse>left</kbd>-clicking in the lane at a
point where there is no existing control point.
</p>
<p>
- Once added, a control point can be <kbd class=mouse>Left</kbd>-clicked and
- dragged to a desired location. Hovering over a control point will show its
- current level in dB. To remove a control point, <kbd
- class=mouse>Left</kbd>-click it and press <kbd>Delete</kbd>, or <kbd
- class=mod3n></kbd><kbd class=mouse>Right</kbd>-click on it.
+ Once added, a control point can be <kbd class=mouse>left</kbd>-clicked and
+ dragged to any desired location. Hovering over a control point will show its
+ current value. To remove a control point, <kbd class=mouse>left</kbd>-click
+ it and press <kbd>Delete</kbd>, or <kbd class=mod3n></kbd><kbd
+ class=mouse>right</kbd>-click on it.
+</p>
+
+<h2>Controlling the Track</h2>
+
+<p>
+ Once an automation curve has been defined through any of the methods outlined
+ above, the track won't do anything with it until the lane that the curve was
+ defined in is set to <kbd class=menu>Play</kbd> mode. Then, during playback,
+ as the playhead moves through the automation curve, the lane's control will
+ move in accord with the curve.
+</p>
+
+<p class=note>
+ The lane's fader will <em>not</em> be responsive to manual input while it is
+ in <kbd class=menu>Play</kbd> mode.
+</p>
+
+<h3>Removing Automation</h3>
+
+<figure class=right>
+<img src="/images/automation-audio-r-click-menu.png">
+<figcaption class=center>The automation lane context menu.</figcaption>
+</figure>
+
+<p>
+ Clearing the automation lane is done by <kbd
+ class="mouse">right</kbd>-clicking on the lane to be cleared, and selecting
+ <kbd class="menu">Clear</kbd> from the menu that appears.
</p>