Change automation from fader to utility gain

[Carlos Damer]

Hi there, my first post here!

I am finishing a mix and made the mistake to automate all my volumes at the track fader, not with utility gain (noob, I am used to Logic and being able to trim them).

I want to copy the automation from the fader and “transfer” it to utility gain, but they don’t quite match the volumes.
Is there a way to do this without losing the automation work I did with the track fader?

Thanks

[RedSkyRoad]

This helped me : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OND_3tGSCcc

[Carlos Damer]

This helped me : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OND_3tGSCcc

Thanks! I saw that same video but the problem is that -5db in the utility gain is not the same as -5db in the track fader

[pottering]

Group the Utility in a Rack, macro Utility's Gain to a macro knob, then set the macro knob's Max to +6.0 (which is the same maximum in the track faders) instead of +35.0.

Then you can copy and paste the automation from the track fader to that macro knob's automation, since it has the same -inf to +6.0 range.

[Carlos Damer]

Group the Utility in a Rack, macro Utility's Gain to a macro knob, then set the macro knob's Max to +6.0 (which is the same maximum in the track faders) instead of +35.0.

Then you can copy and paste the automation from the track fader to that macro knob's automation, since it has the same -inf to +6.0 range.

Great! I’ll try that, thanks a lot!

[Da hand]

Group the Utility in a Rack, macro Utility's Gain to a macro knob, then set the macro knob's Max to +6.0 (which is the same maximum in the track faders) instead of +35.0.

Then you can copy and paste the automation from the track fader to that macro knob's automation, since it has the same -inf to +6.0 range.

Great! I’ll try that, thanks a lot!

Nice tip!

What I do, instead of transferring my Fader Volume automations to a Utility Gain, is I transfer them to the Chain Volume of an empty chain in an empty rack. This way there is no conversion necessary - as the volume range is exactly the same.

[Carlos Damer]

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Nice tip!

What I do, instead of transferring my Fader Volume automations to a Utility Gain, is I transfer them to the Chain Volume of an empty chain in an empty rack. This way there is no conversion necessary - as the volume range is exactly the same.
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That’s interesting too. I still have to get my head around mixing with Live, it works differently than what I’m used in other DAWs. I guess having a fixed workflow for that kind of stuff is the way to go