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Drawing MIDI Envelopes in the Track View
This method is only available in the Clips pane. You can also draw MIDI controller
data in the Piano Roll view, but the technique is different (see “Using the
Controllers Pane” on page 313).
Note: MIDI envelopes you create in the Piano Roll Controllers pane and MIDI
envelopes you create in the Track view Clips pane are actually separate envelopes,
even if they control the same parameter. Both kinds of envelopes are visible in the
Clips pane, and should generally not be used to control the same parameter. You
can convert Piano Roll view envelopes to Track view envelopes by selecting the
time range and tracks that the Piano Roll envelopes occupy, and using the Edit-
Convert MIDI To Shapes command.
To Draw MIDI Envelopes in the Track View
1. Right-click in the Clips pane in the track you want to automate.
The Clips pane popup menu appears.
2. If you want to create an envelope to control volume, pan, chorus, reverb, or
automated mute, choose Envelopes-Create Track Envelope and choose one
of those items from the menu.
The envelope appears in the Clips pane as a straight, dotted line in the
envelope’s individual color, with a node (very small rectangle) at the
beginning. When you move the cursor over the envelope, a vertical, double-
ended arrow appears under it with the name and current value of the
envelope in a box next to the cursor. The envelope’s vertical position reflects
the current value of the parameter you are editing.
Note: An automated mute envelope changes the track’s mute status whenever
the envelope crosses the middle of its value range.
Envelope name and current value
Node
Envelope value range
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