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New automation preview mode, Previewing new automation values – Avid Technology Pro Tools HD 7.2 User Manual

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Chapter 6: Automation Features and Enhancements

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2

Prime controls for writing while the transport

is stopped. (See “Priming Controls for Writing
Automation in Latch Mode” on page 73.)

3

In the Automation window, click the AutoJoin

button.

4

In the Automation window, click the Capture

button and then click the Punch Capture but-
ton. The AutoJoin marker (a vertical red line) ap-
pears on-screen at the punch point.

5

Issue a Back and Play command, roll back the

external machine to before the punch in point,
or enable pre-roll.

6

Start playback. When the transport reaches

the punch-in point, automation writing begins.

New Automation Preview
Mode

In Pro Tools 7.2, a new Automation Preview
mode lets you audition changes to a mix and
compare them to existing automation values
without committing them to the automation
playlist.

When you put Pro Tools in Automation Preview
mode, you can preview values for automation-
enabled controls on any track that is in a writ-
able automation mode.

While in Automation Preview mode, when you
touch or move a control, it isolates the control,
disengaging it from its automation playlist. The
control stops reading or writing automation, al-
lowing you to freely audition changes.

When you have found a level or state that you
want to use, you can then commit or punch the
previewed value to the automation playlist for
the isolated controls.

If you punch during playback, the automa-

tion mode is set to Latch and writing begins at
the preview value.

If you punch while the transport is stopped,

the automation mode is set to Latch and the
control is primed at the preview value.

Previewing New Automation
Values

To preview a new automation value for a control:

1

Make sure the track where you want to pre-

view the value is enabled for automation
(Touch, Latch, Touch/Latch or their corre-
sponding Trim modes).

2

Make sure the automation type you want to

preview is enabled in the Automation window
(Volume, Pan, Mute, Send level, Send pan, Send
mute, or Plug-in).

3

Click the Preview button in the Automation

window. The Preview button lights green to in-
dicate that Preview mode is active.

4

To isolate a control, touch or move an auto-

mation-enabled control.You can isolate con-
trols during playback or while the transport is
stopped.

It is not necessary for the Allow Latch Prime
in Stop preference to be enabled for Preview
to put a control into Latch Prime.

Preview controls in the Automation window

Preview

Punch
Preview

button

button