Avid Technology Pro Tools HD 7.2 - Manual (Page 67)

Chapter 5: Grouping Features and Enhancements 61
Displaying the Composite
Automation Playlist on Slave
Tracks
When a track is a VCA slave, you can display a
composite automation playlist that shows the
contribution of the VCA Master to the Volume
or Mute automation data on the slave track.
This composite playlist reflects the actual posi-
tion of the Volume fader on the slave track.The
composite playlist display cannot be directly ed-
ited.
To display the composite playlist on VCA slave
tracks:
■ Choose View > Automation > Composite
Playlist.
Coalescing VCA Automation
There are several ways to commit, or coalesce,
the contribution of a selected VCA Master
track’s Volume and Mute automation to the au-
tomation playlists of its slave tracks.
Clearing the VCA Master
You can use a VCA Master to write grouped au-
tomation, coalesce the VCA automation to all of
the slave tracks, and clear the automation on
the VCA Master. The coalesced tracks will play
back exactly as they did when they were in the
VCA group.
To coalesce automation from a VCA Master to all
of its slave tracks and retain the VCA Master:
1 Select the VCA Master track whose automa-
tion you want to coalesce.
2 Do one of the following:
• Choose Track > Coalesce VCA Master Auto-
mation.
– or –
• Right-click the VCA Master track name and
choose Coalesce VCA Master Automation
from the pop-up menu.
The composite Volume level and Mute state are
coalesced to each of the slave tracks. The VCA
Master Volume fader is reset to zero, the VCA
Mute is set to unmuted, and any automation on
the VCA Master is cleared.
Deleting the VCA Master
You can temporarily use a VCA Master to write
grouped automation, then coalesce the VCA au-
tomation to all of the slave tracks by deleting
the VCA Master. The coalesced tracks will play
back exactly as they did when they were in the
VCA group.
To coalesce automation from a VCA Master to all
of its slave tracks and delete the VCA Master
track:
1 Select the VCA Master track whose automa-
tion you want to coalesce.
2 Choose Track > Delete.
The composite Volume level and Mute state are
committed to each of the slave tracks.
Viewing composite automation on a VCA slave track
Volume
automation
Composite
playlist
playlist
This action cannot be undone.