This mode is the least popular as it can be destructive to your previous edits. Write mode is just like latch, except that whether or not you change the value with the knob or fader, it will overwrite the previous automation. If you wish instead to keep the generated tempo automation to continue working with it, then right-click (PC) / CTRL - click (Mac) on the Control Bar.

Latch mode is very similar to touch mode except that when you let go of the knob or fader the automation is linked to, it will not snap back to the original value and stay at the value you left it. When toggling a clip’s Leader/Follower switch, or when deleting a clip that was set as tempo leader, the Master track tempo automation is removed again, restoring the proper tempo to the region. If you let go of the knob or fader that the automation is linked to, it will snap back to the original value. While there is no doubt that commercial record releases are best mastered by professionals, more and more people are mastering their home demos using products such as the TC Finalizer, the Drawmer DC2476 Masterflow and the Dbx Quantum. With touch mode, when playing back the track, you can change the value of the parameter by moving the fader/knob within the actual plugin and the automation line will move with your changes. This months workshop shows you how to go about mastering your tracks in Logic, and there are also some useful tricks for faster audio and MIDI editing. It will simply read the automation line as it has been drawn. This is the most popular one as it is the default mode when opening automation mode. In the piano example, read is the automation mode I was using. There are four automation modes to choose from. If you then go back to any parameters that you have already automated, they will then reappear with your changes intact. Simply change the automation parameter and a fresh new automation line will appear. You also have the ability to automate as many parameters on one track as you like. Solo the piano track and listen back to hear your new automated transition from the intro to the verse! The automation line will now slope downward once it reaches the verse. You may have put them all into a folder of one track. We want the piano track at the verse to be quieter, so click and drag the second pivot point down to -5db. Just double-check the entire chain of the audio from the master track, to the speakers.

By default, the line is at unity gain, so let’s leave the intro alone. Make two pivot points, one right before the end of the intro section and one right as the verse has started. Go to the automation line and find where the intro ends and the verse starts. This may already be selected as the default parameter. Click on the middle section and select volume so that Logic knows to automate the volume for that track. Go to your piano track and you should see the three automation sections. You want the piano to be nice and present during the intro, then dial it back down when the verse comes in.įirst toggle automation mode on in your session. Let’s say you have a piano track and your song has a nice piano intro.

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