How do you record automation?

imperial_mic · Post by **imperial_mic** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 11:02 pm

I've had live for a year now, never could find the feature to record automation from a midi controller.

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 11:23 pm

It's a button at the top of the screen with a circle on it (like record on your vcr or whatever). Can't miss it... well, you could, but you know what I mean

Note that this records into your arrangement view, not session view (there is a long-standing feature request for this - hopefully live7?)

drb · Post by **drb** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 4:18 am

So you are not able to record automation into session at all?? That explains why I cant seem to figure it out and no books cover it! Geez.

So you record to arange, then can you copy that clip with automation embedded back to session, or do you NEED to consolidate?

chapelier fou · Post by **chapelier fou** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:51 am

effectively you have to do it in arrangement view (grrrrrrr.....).

drb · Post by **drb** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 4:44 pm

chapelier fou wrote:effectively you have to do it in arrangement view (grrrrrrr.....).

Can you copy that clip with automation embedded back to session? Need to try I guess/

bulo · Post by **bulo** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 5:18 pm

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or you can just use a second track...

so you can do it in the seesion view.
just send the audio of your midi track in an audio track and let's go baba!!!

drb · Post by **drb** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 5:46 pm

bulo wrote:...
or you can just use a second track... so you can do it in the seesion view.
just send the audio of your midi track in an audio track and let's go baba!!!

how do you send audio of a MIDI track though if it is JUST a midi track?

lets say track one is audio with a VST. track two is midi just to record automation for track one. doesnt seem to work when i tried it. does it? or was i just doing somethign wrong?

bulo · Post by **bulo** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:47 pm

how do you send audio of a MIDI track though if it is JUST a midi track?

lets say track one is audio with a VST. track two is midi just to record automation for track one. doesnt seem to work when i tried it. does it? or was i just doing somethign wrong?

raaaghhhhh
the contrary! for exemple, put a simpler on a midi track, assign one parameter of it to your midi controller. Now in the in/out configuration of your midi track, put the out to an audio track.
then switch on the record button for this 2 tracks... and play

drb · Post by **drb** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 5:12 pm

bulo wrote:
how do you send audio of a MIDI track though if it is JUST a midi track?

lets say track one is audio with a VST. track two is midi just to record automation for track one. doesnt seem to work when i tried it. does it? or was i just doing somethign wrong?
raaaghhhhh
the contrary! for exemple, put a simpler on a midi track, assign one parameter of it to your midi controller. Now in the in/out configuration of your midi track, put the out to an audio track.
then switch on the record button for this 2 tracks... and play

ok, but i only have an AUDIO track i want to automate with an effect. Switch both tracks into record? I need to play with this more..