Tag: automation

Set Selected Track(s) or Channel Strip(s) to Automation Read — Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day

  Set Selected Track(s) or Channel Strip(s) to Automation Read

This is the only specific ‘set’ command for automation modes. All the other commands appear to be toggles, including the ‘Toggle … Automation Off/Read’.

I think I have learned enough about Logic to start _not_ using Logic and start using my control surfaces.

Choose automation modes in Logic Pro — Apple Support

Read: Plays back all automation that exists on the track. If volume data exists, for example, the Volume fader moves during playback, following the prerecorded automation on the track. You can’t change the value of the chosen automation parameter by moving controls when in Read mode. However, you can record region-based information directly into a MIDI region in Read mode.

There are a variety of commands available for working with automation. I have an Apple keyboard sitting at the bottom of my X-Touch. I should mark these commands, or get very familiar, so I can start to automate my mixes simply while listening. This assumes I am mixing _stems_ or subgroups.

- Global Commands


Toggle Selected Track(s) or Channel Strip(s) Automation Off/Read ⌃⌘O ⌃3⃣


Set Selected Track(s) or Channel Strip(s) to Automation Read ⌃⌥⇧⌘⌦


Toggle Selected Track(s) or Channel Strip(s) Automation Touch/Read ⌃2⃣


Toggle Selected Track(s) or Channel Strip(s) Automation Latch/Read ⌃⌘A


Toggle Selected Track(s) or Channel Strip(s) Automation Write/Read


Toggle Selected Track(s) or Channel Strip(s) Automation Trim Mode


Toggle Selected Track(s) or Channel Strip(s) Automation Write Relative Mode


Toggle Selected Track(s) or Channel Strip(s) Record Region Automation Mode


Create Group for Selected Channel Strips / Tracks


Select Tracks of Selected Regions/Cells/Folders


Select All Regions of Selected Tracks

Region Automation: Volume — Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day

  Region Automation: Volume

Set the region automation ‘lane’ to volume.

Region-based vs. track-based automation — Apple Support

Logic Pro offers two types of automation: track-based automation, and region-based automation. Track-based automation can be applied to the entire track, from the beginning to the end of your project. Region-based automation only applies to the specific region the automation parameters are connected to. With track-based automation, if you re-record, move or copy regions (either to another point on the same track, or to another track) the automation data remains tied to the initial point on the track in which it was created. With region-based automation, if you re-record the region, the automation is lost; if you move or copy the region (either to another point on the same track, or to another track) the automation remains with the region. Region-based automation is particularly useful when you are automating instrument parameters.

Region Automation: Balance — Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day

  Region Automation: Balance

Set the automation lane to Balance. Shows the automation lanes if they aren’t already displayed, switches from track to region-based automation, and selects ‘Balance’ as the automation parameter.

Show automation curves in Logic Pro — Apple Support

Before you can add automation points to a track’s automation curves, you need to show the automation curves. Automation curves are displayed as colored curves and points on top of audio and MIDI regions across the track, running the length of the project. You can choose whether to view and edit automation across the track (track-based automation) or only within the track’s regions (region-based automation).

Control Change Messages (Data Bytes)

8 00001000 08 Balance 0-127 MSB

MIDI Specification:

Balance

Number: 8 (coarse) 40 (fine)

Affects:

The device’s stereo balance (assuming that the device has stereo audio outputs). If a
MultiTimbral device, then each Part usually has its own Balance. This is generally
when Balance becomes useful, because then you can use Pan, Volume, and Balance
controllers to internally mix all of the Parts to the device’s stereo outputs. Typically,
Balance would be used on a Part that had stereo elements (where you wish to adjust the
volume of the stereo elements without changing their pan positions), whereas Pan is

more appropriate for a Part that is strictly a “mono instrument”.

Value Range:

14-bit coarse/fine resolution. 16,384 possible setting, 0x0000 to 0x3FFF where 0x2000
is center balance, 0x0000 emphasizes the left elements mostly, and 0x3FFF emphasizes
the right elements mostly. Some devices only respond to coarse adjust (128 settings)
where 64 is center, 0 is leftmost emphsis, and 127 is rightmost emphasis.

Note: Most all devices ignore the Fine adjust (#40) for Balance, and just implement
Coarse adjust (#8) because 14-bit resolution isn’t needed for this.

Create 2 Track Automation Points at Every Region Border ⌃⌘2 — Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day

  Create 2 Track Automation Points at Every Region Border    ⌃⌘2

Creates two automation points at every region border. Essentially this creates an automation curve that will effect each region when moved. Compare that to one automation point which will change the automation for the entire track.

Add and adjust automation points in Logic Pro — Apple Support

To create changes over time to volume, pan, and effects settings, you add automation points to a track’s automation curve at different places, and then adjust the automation points so the value of the setting changes. You can adjust automation points by moving them up or down to a new value or by moving them left or right to a new point in the timeline. Numerical values are displayed alongside each automation point. You can also raise or lower the value of MIDI parameters associated with notes in instrument tracks or Drummer tracks. Note and numerical values are displayed alongside each MIDI data point. You can also add automation points at selection area or region borders.