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- In order to understand how automation in Ardour works, it is necessary to
- understand the four modes of automation. They are: , , , and .
+ Ardour offers two modes for interpolating automation control points: and . The mode is
+ changed by a Right click on the automation lane header
+ and choosing the mode from the mode menu.
-
-
-The automation mode menu.
+
+
+
+ Automation : linear vs discrete.
- 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.
-
-
-
- In Ardour, every track and processor parameter is initially set to mode.
-
-
-
- mode tells Ardour to use the automation curve in
- the automation lane to control the level of the parameter controlled by the
- lane during playback . The control that normally sets the parameter
- will be unresponsive to manual input and will move automatically in
- accord with the lane's automation curve during playback.
+ 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.
- mode allows continuous, dynamic setting of a
- control during playback; all such settings are written to the lane the
- control is in. This defines the lane's automation curve in the interval being
- played, and overwrites any existing automation curve in the lane being
- manipulated.
+ mode does no interpolation between
+ control points in a given automation curve. The values set by the control
+ points do not change until the following control point is reached at which
+ time the value is then set to its value; this continues on until there are no
+ more control points. Typically this is used for parameters such as mute or
+ sustain pedal (e.g., on a MIDI piano track).
-
- mode is similar to
- mode, except it only overwrites sections of a lane's automation curve when
- the control is changed in some way. This allows for changing only the parts
- of an automation curve that are desired to be changed, while leaving the rest
- unchanged.
+
+ When recording automation via MIDI (e.g., pitch bend from a MIDI keyboard),
+ Ardour always uses discrete mode.
-