+<figure class="center">
+<img src="/images/automation-lane1.png">
+<figcaption class="center">A typical automation lane.</figcaption>
+</figure>
+
<p>
<dfn>Automation</dfn> is the ability to dynamically control various aspects
of a track's innate attributes and the attributes of any processors attached
track's:
</p>
+<figure class="right">
+ <img src="/images/automation-menu1.png">
+ <figcaption class=center>The automation menu.</figcaption>
+</figure>
+
<ul>
- <li>Volume</li>
- <li>Panning</li>
+ <li>Fader (Volume)</li>
<li>Trim</li>
<li>Muting</li>
+ <li>Panning</li>
<li>Any attached processor's parameters</li>
</ul>
played back.
</p>
+<p>
+ Activating automation for a track is done by clicking the <kbd class="menu">A</kbd> icon on the
+ <a href="@@audio-track-controls">track head</a> and checking the
+ type of automation needed. A new "pseudo-track" will appear, showing the
+ waveform in the background, called an "automation lane", where the value
+ of the parameter can be edited : the x axis is the time, and the y axis is
+ the value of the parameter.
+</p>
+<p>
+ If the <kbd class="option">Edit > Show Automation Lane on Touch</kbd>
+ is checked, clicking any parameter in a plugin window, a hardware controller, etc...
+ will result in this parameter's automation lane being temporarily shown,
+ and clicking another parameter will hide this lane to show the new one.
+</p>
+
+