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Create an automation lane

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Record automation

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Drive more than one parameter from one curve

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Manage automation from the target track

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Stack lanes on one parameter

Give a second lane the same parameter. Select it, set its target’s Mode to Relative in the Inspector and set Amount. Its curve now nudges the first lane’s value up and down.

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Good to know

  • The curve itself is edited in Focus Mode. Points, shapes, tension, the LFO and step recording are on Automation Clips.
  • A Command Palette nudge counts as a touch. Mix Filter Up or Stereo Up work as well as turning a knob, and so does a knob bound with MIDI Bindings.
  • Absolute lanes do not blend. When several overlap on one parameter, the most recently started clip wins, and ties go to the topmost lane.
  • Relative lanes stack. Each adds a signed offset on top of the winning absolute value, and their offsets sum. The curve stays 0–1 with 0.5 as neutral. A typical stack: a volume fade on an Absolute lane plus a Relative lane with a small Amount for a recurring lift.
  • Recording writes to the parameter’s lane, and creates one if none exists.
  • ⌥A opens Connect Automation Track with New Automation Track preselected, then an Existing Automation Tracks section listing every lane with its number of targets. If nothing has been touched yet, the only row is Touch a Parameter First.
  • A new lane is named <track> - <parameter>, for example Sample 21 - Mix Filter, and is selected. With the lane selected, Return is Insert at Cursor; double-clicking empty space on the lane adds a clip there.
  • New Automation Track reuses a plain lane: an Absolute lane with full range that already drives that exact parameter. A lane with a custom mode or range gets a fresh lane stacked on top.
  • A lane can start without a target: right-click the Sidebar’s empty area, pick Add Automation Track, then bind one with Add Target in the Inspector.
  • Each lane carries one curve (0–1), hand-drawn or generated with an LFO, that can drive one or several parameters, one Inspector row per target. That suits grouped fades (drum bus plus reverb send) or parallel filter sweeps.
  • Linking a parameter another lane already drives adds it here as well, and the two lanes combine at playback. The only no-op is adding the same parameter to the same lane twice.
  • Select a lane in the Timeline or Sidebar to open it in the Inspector. Each target has Track, Plugin and Parameter dropdowns, a Mode and its range controls. Every routing edit is undoable with ⌘Z.
  • Each target has its own range. In Absolute mode Min and Max map the curve’s 0 and 1 onto a window of the destination (0–100%); Min above Max inverts it. In Relative mode Amount (±%) sets the swing around the base value.
  • Unusual targets stay visible: Master, Bus, Group or deleted tracks remain in the Track dropdown with a suffix (“Master (Master)”, “(deleted track)”).
  • The target track’s Automation group sits at the bottom of its Inspector, below Grid. Each row shows the parameter, the lane and ⓘ; several lanes on one parameter each get a row, and the group hides when nothing targets the track.
  • Recording a secondary target of a shared lane appends to that lane, since the curve is shared. The Inspector and a brief banner show the lane’s name.
  • Duplicating a track (⌘D with the Sidebar focused) extends every lane that targeted it, so the copy follows the same curves. Send and ducking amounts are the exception: the copy gets its own connections. To let a copy ramp on its own, remove its target in the lane’s Inspector and make a fresh lane.
  • A duplicated lane is a Copy (Unlinked) lane: same curve clips, no target until you point it at a parameter. Aim it at the same parameter and the two stack.
  • Duplicating a group brings its internal automation along, rewired to the duplicated tracks.
  • Automation clips copy, paste and split like audio and MIDI clips; a split keeps the points in their halves.
Last modified on October 22, 2026