Chapter 17: Automation - Posted on 2014-05-16 by Kevin Peacock

Automation – is associated with some of those moments in music that may have parts that fade in or out, glitch, slow or speed up, but that does not limit what automation is all about. Consider automation a editing/ creative tool.

My mentor and I addressed different ways and types of automation. I told him that my favorite way to automate was using points while his was real time fader automation. In this current state of technology we have no idea how lucky we are when compared to the old way of doing things. For me I use automation more for editing for things such as a song fading in or making a word fade out. Creatively I have used automation to change pitch in a breakdown. Whatever you decide, remember that there is no wrong way to automate. The way you do it is up to you