Add a Sysex keyframe

1.Right-click the track header, choose Insert/Remove Envelope, and then choose Insert Sysex from the submenu.

2.Using the Draw or Envelope tool, double-click in the track's keyframe row to add a keyframe.

3.To edit a keyframe, double-click it to display the System Exclusive Editor dialog.

Tip: To hide the Sysex keyframe row without removing keyframes, right-click the track header, choose Insert/Remove Envelope, and then choose Hide Sysex from the submenu. You can view the keyframe row again by right-clicking the track header, choosing Insert/ Remove Envelope, and then choosing Show Sysex.

Automating VSTi parameters

You can use the soft synth bus track to control parameter automation for VST instruments.

Adding parameter automation envelopes

1.Select the bus track header for a VSTi soft synth.

2.From the Insert menu, choose Envelopes, and then choose Soft Synth Automation from the submenu. The Soft Synth Parameter Automation dialog is displayed.

3.Select the check box for each parameter you want to automate with an envelope.

4.Click the down arrow in the Envelope box and choose a command from the menu:

Item

Description

 

 

 

 

 

Insert Envelope

If the parameter does not have an automation envelope, No is displayed.

 

 

Click the down arrow

and choose Insert Envelope to add an automation envelope to the timeline.

 

 

 

Show/Hide

If the parameter has an automation envelope, Visible or Hidden is displayed.

 

Envelope

Click the down arrow

and choose Hide Envelope or Show Envelope to toggle its display.

 

 

Click the Hide all Envelopes button at the bottom of the window to hide all envelopes on the bus track.

 

 

 

 

Reset All

If the parameter has an automation envelope, you can click the down arrow

and choose Reset All

Envelope Points

Envelope Points to restore all points to the default value.

 

 

 

 

Click the Reset all Envelopes button at the bottom of the window to set all points on all envelopes on the

 

bus track to the default value.

 

 

 

 

 

Delete Envelope

If the parameter has an automation envelope, you can click the down arrow

and choose Delete

 

Envelope to remove the envelope and all envelope points from the timeline.

Click the Remove all Envelopes button at the bottom of the window to delete all parameter envelopes on the bus track.

5.Click the down arrow in the Curve Type box to set the default fade curve for each parameter's automation envelope. The new curve type will be applied to all envelope segments. You can right-click a segment and choose a new fade curve to override the default curve type.

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