Coalescing Automation Across an Edit Selection

You can commit VCA automation across an Edit selection in a VCA Master track, without committing the automation on the entire length of the track.

To coalesce automation in an Edit selection on a VCA Master track:

1 Select the VCA Master track whose automation you want to coalesce.

2 Make an Edit selection in the VCA Master track that includes the range of automation you want to coalesce.

3 Do one of the following:

Hold Start (Windows) or Control (Mac) and choose Track > Coalesce VCA Master Automation.

– or – 

Hold Start (Windows) or Control (Mac) and Right-click the VCA Master track name and choose Coalesce VCA Master Automation.

The composite Volume level and Mute state are committed to each of the slave tracks over the Edit selection. The VCA Master Volume is set to zero, the VCA Mute state is set to unmuted, and any automation on the VCA Master is cleared for the selected area only.