Automation
10.1 Automation in the Arrangement View
Part of taking control of your Live Set includes automating various controls and parameters such as volume, pan, sends, device parameters, and song tempo. The purpose of automation is to provide hands-free control over the mixer, devices, effects, and global controls for programming musical effects and mixing. Automation control is different than Remote control in that automation is the process of moving and changing control parameters over time automatically without a physical human command. These movements are created manually or recorded into your song as a non-destructive element. The same consistent movements are made every time you playback the song. That being said, automation ...
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