Chapter Seventeen - Posted on 2017-06-12 by Chelsea George

In chapter seventeen I learned about automation. In Pro Tools automation is the ability to control a specific parameter automatically by telling Pro Tools what to do and when to do it in real time. I learned that in the early days of recording every fader move, every send position and every setting on every piece of outboard gear had to be logged and written down if it was to be recreated. I also learned about moving faders and that in early automation moving faders were very expensive in the 1970s and they became high end optional feature on some 1990s desk. I learned about total recall in chapter seventeen. I learned that total recall is a term coined by Solid State Logic is a feature widely known as a way to remember all positions of all faders, knobs and switches on a mixing console, so that they become easy to switch between different projects without having to write it all down.

In the studio Renegade explained digital audio workstation automation and that we can create automation in Pro Tools in two ways: In real-time or by drawing automation in with your edit tools. He explained Pro Tools automation modes and that they are accessible through the automation mode selector drop down menu in both the edit: mix widows. Renegade talked about and showed me the five different automation parameters which include: off, read, touch, latch, and write. Renegade also talked about automating audio tracks in Pro Tools and that each track will have a single automation playlist for each parameter that is to be controlled.