Copying Track Automation to Sends

(Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools with Complete Production Toolkit Only)

There may be times where you want a track’s send settings or automation to mirror the settings or automation in the track itself, for example, when creating a headphone mix based on the main mix, or when an effect level needs to follow the levels in a main mix. You can copy the current settings or the entire automation playlist for the selected controls to the corresponding playlist for the send.

To copy a track’s settings or automation to one of its sends:

1 Select the tracks you want to edit by clicking on the track names to highlight them.

2 Choose Edit > Automation > Copy to Send.

3 In the Copy to Send dialog, do any of the following:

Select Current Value to copy the current settings of the corresponding controls.

Select Automation to copy the entire automation playlist for the corresponding controls.

4 Select the controls you want to copy.

5 Select the sends to which to copy the automation, and click OK.

When overwriting automation, Pro Tools presents a confirmation dialog. To suppress this dialog, press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac) while clicking OK.

You can undo the results of the Copy to Send command.