- <kbd class=menu>Manual</kbd> mode is basically analogous to a processor's
- bypass switch. Whenever an automation lane is in this mode, it is inactive
- and any level that is manually set for controlling the lane's parameter will
- persist during playback like normal.
-</p>
-
-<p class=note>
- In Ardour, every track and processor parameter is initially set to <kbd
- class=menu>Manual</kbd> mode.
-</p>
-
-<p>
- <kbd class=menu>Play</kbd> mode tells Ardour to use the automation curve in
- the automation lane to control the level of the parameter controlled by the
- lane <em>during playback</em>. The control that normally sets the parameter
- will be <em>unresponsive to manual input</em> and will move automatically in
- accord with the lane's automation curve during playback.
+ <kbd class="menu">Linear</kbd> mode interpolates values between control points
+ in a given automation curve by connecting them with straight lines; the values
+ played back are derived from the points that lie on the lines thus defined.
+ Typically, this is what is desired and is the default mode for all automation
+ lanes.