- Ardour will allow you to <dfn>automate</dfn> changes to any mixing
- parameters (such as volume, panning, and effects controls)—it will
- record the changes you make over time, using a mouse or keyboard or some
- external control device, and can play back those changes later. This is
- very useful because often the settings you need will vary in one part of
- a session compared to another—rather than using a single setting
- for the volume, you may need increases followed by decreases (for example,
- to track the changing volume of a singer). Using automation can make all
- of this relatively simple.
+ Ardour allows <dfn>automation</dfn> of changes to any mixing parameters (such
+ as volume, panning, and effects controls)—it will record the changes
+ made over time, using a mouse or keyboard or some external control device,
+ and can play back those changes later. This is very useful because often the
+ settings needed will vary in one part of a session compared to
+ another—rather than using a single setting for the volume of a track,
+ it may need increases followed by decreases (for example, to track the
+ changing volume of a singer). Using automation can make all of this
+ relatively easy.