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Recording Individual Fader or Knob Movements
This method works in both the Track view and Console view. Arming a parameter
for automation and clicking the Record Automation button starts automation
recording and plays your project while you record automation. You can only record
or erase automation data when you click the Record Automation button. SONAR
does not record any automation data until you depress the mouse over the control
that you armed. SONAR stops recording when you release the mouse.
To Record Individual Fader or Knob Movements
1. Right-click the fader or control you want to automate.
The Automation popup menu appears (if the control is automatable).
2. Choose Arm for Automation from the popup menu.
SONAR highlights the control with a red outline and turns on the red Auto
label in the Status bar at the bottom of the SONAR window.
3. Click the Record Automation button that’s in the Transport toolbar to
start recording, and move the armed control the way you want it to move.
4. Stop recording by clicking the Stop button, or by pressing the Spacebar.
5. Make sure that the Enable Automation Playback button in the
Automation toolbar is depressed; rewind the project, play it, and listen to the
results.
6. Do one of the following:
• Rewind the project and re-record the automation data.
OR
• If you are happy with the result, right-click the armed control and
deselect Arm for Automation from the menu.
After you record the automation data, SONAR draws a graph of it (an envelope) in
the Clips pane, which you can edit with the mouse (see the rest of this chapter).
You can also group controls, so that automating one control automates all the
controls in the group.
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