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-title: Automation
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-<p class="fixme">Add content</p>
+<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
+ to it. In Ardour, automation can be used to make dynamic changes to a
+ track's:
+</p>
+
+<figure class="right">
+ <img src="/images/automation-menu1.png">
+ <figcaption class=center>The automation menu.</figcaption>
+</figure>
+
+<ul>
+ <li>Fader (Volume)</li>
+ <li>Trim</li>
+ <li>Muting</li>
+ <li>Panning</li>
+ <li>Any attached processor's parameters</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>
+ Any combination of these can be enabled on a single track; as such, it offers
+ a lot of power and flexibility over how a track will ultimately sound when
+ 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>