Suspending Automation for Individual Controls

You can suspend automation for one or more controls. When a control is suspended, its control name is italicized in the Track View selector.

Suspending automation from the Edit window obeys Edit groups. To suppress grouped behavior, hold Start (Windows) or Control (Mac) while suspending a control.

To suspend automation for individual controls on a track:

1 In the Edit window, set the Track View selector to show the automation playlist for the control you want to suspend.

2 Do one of the following:

To suspend writing and playback of automation for only the displayed control, Control-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac) the control name in the Track View selector.

To suspend writing and playback of automation for all controls, Control-Shift-click (Windows) or Command-Shift-click (Mac) the name of any control in the Track View selector.

To suspend writing and playback of automation for a specific control on all tracks, Control-Alt-click (Windows) or Command-Option-click (Mac) the name of the control in the Track View selector.

To suspend Trim automation for individual controls on a track (Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools with Complete Production Toolkit only):

1 In the Edit window, set the Track View selector to show the automation playlist for the Trim control you want to suspend (Volume Trim or Send level Trim).

2 Do one of the following:

To suspend only the displayed Trim control on a single track, Control-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac) the control name in the Track View selector.

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To suspend the displayed Trim control on all tracks, Control-Alt-click (Windows) or Command-Option-click (Mac) the control name in the Track View selector.