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Automation

Automation

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Automation

- We have a new simplified project set up with just the drum track, taken from the project worked on throughout this course, I've done this so I can clearly show you how automation works, without the clutter of all the other tracks in view. Now this is part of the same drum loop that we've heard many times already. Though, I've cut it to just the first couple of bars. Have a listen. (upbeat music) Let me explain what automation is first of all. Automation lets us adapt our tracks over time in terms of their volume or pound position, for example or even with any effects settings. In other words, instead of a track being set to play at minus three DB for the entirety of the song. For example, We can use automation to adapt the volume as the song progresses. The changes we make get recorded, so that when the song is subsequently played, those exact same changes we manually made during the playback of the song remain.…

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