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hi, is it possible to delete a automation recorded with an external knob in a external instrument in standalone mode? with holding delete button and turn the knob on the extern synth it dosnt work.
thanks!

hey, also wondering how to do this.. did you ever end up finding a solution?

Hi there,

It’s not possible to do this on a knob-by-knob basis with an external synth unfortunately. It’s either delete all automation per clip or nothing at all.

Automation with external synths is kinda touch and go anyway - I.e. sometimes I think I’ve deleted all automation from a clip only to realise that some residual automation remains.

I do think they’ll introduce a better way to edit automation (both internal and external) in future, but until that point, no luck.

I get around this limitation by recording midi notes (I.e. the phrase I want to record), then modulating and recording the output into an audio clip (as opposed to recording the modulation to midi). It gets you the same result pretty much.