Copy Automation Data

Hi there.. im trying to copy a track that has extensive automation Panning and i dont want to have to write all the automation data again.. it took me hours and my head is sore.. how do i copy the automation data so that when i click and drag the track the automation data sticks with it..

rock-n-joel wrote:
how do i copy the automation data so that when i click and drag the track the >automation data sticks with it..
It is easy. Have a look at this [VIDEO|http://audiogrocery.com/video/qt/copy_autom.mov] where I copy a region with the Track Automation from one track to another. The only think you probably do not know is that when you select a region it does not select the Track Automation. That's why you need to show "Track Automation" pane and select the automation nodes. In the video I click select the Region after that I hold Option modifier to select the first node which selects all nodes ( here you can use different selection methods, depends on what you want to select ). Finally when I Option drag the region to copy it, a prompt is asking if you want to copy the Automation. You can also copy the Track Automation only with out the region etc.
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I can copy regions from one project to another, but not automation data (e.g. volume curves). Why? How to work around this?
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In project one, open the Automation Event List for the region in question, select all, goto project two, do the same but use paste instead.
Slightly awkward perhaps, but it works. It would have been easier if the automation would just follow the regions when you drag them between projects.
Edit: the Automation Event List is only available as a KC, Ctrl + Cmd + E as default.
/juhani
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How do I copy automation data on multiple aux tracks?

Hi. Can anybody tell me how I can move/copy/paste automation data that exists on multiple Aux tracks at the same time as I move/copy/paste midi and audio regions?
Currently I can move/copy/paste multiple midi and audio regions at the same time, and if they also have automation data with them this also gets moved/copied/pasted, BUT its the automation data on Aux tracks which doesnt.
e.g. If I use 'Select Inside Locators' and then alt/drag the regions, Logic refuses to select the automation data on any of my Aux tracks too- so these get left out and I have to manually select each one and copy and paste it by hand which takes ages and is very fiddley.
Does anybody know how to do this?
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ctrl-cmd-E does not work? And cmd-1 doesn't work either?
Let's hope then that alt-K works, because that is where you can set keycommands. Any of the presets in the dropdown menu top left contains the commands you need.
I just did it myself, to check it; every keycommand preset there is, contains both combo's I've given.
I have no idea if there's a menu item for the Automation Event list, I guess there should be since there's no • in front of it (• before a command meaning it has no menu item), but I cannot find it, and I don't even know if it works using menu items. cmd-1 should work, always, but it's also under Window>Arrange.

Possible to copy automation data from one project to another?

Hi
I have done some automation editing to a region in a project, and I would like to copy it to an identical region in another project. Is this possible?

I have not tried this method I'm now going to describe, but 'logic' dictates it should work:
1. In your donor project, open the *Automation Event List* , ctrl-⌘-E, then open a new Arrange window, ⌘-1. The new arrange window will now contain regions that only hold automation.
2. Go to *Logic Pro>Preferences>Audio>Devices>Coreaudio* tab and UNtick the Enabled box. (If you don't, each audio file and instrument will have to be reloaded each time you switch from one to the other project. That would drive anyone absolutely nuts.)
3. Now open the other project, get an Automation arrange window there, like in 1.
Now you should be able to copy/paste automation regions between the two projects.
Hope this works... I think that you need to set the playhead at the right position before pasting, but you'll have to figure that out yourself...
regards, Erik.

Automation data copied to another track?

I like the way I automated a track, and want to used that exact "volume" automation on the next track below in my arrange menu. Is there a way to copy/paste kind of process here to recreate this on another track?

Prior to Logic 7, Logic included an Automation Folder. This was basically an arrange page, that had all the automation in your song viewed as if they were audio or MIDI regions. You could easily option/drag automation from one track to another this way.
There is a way to it in version 7... read about it here:
http://community.sonikmatter.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t21249.html
I have my automation folder available as a screenset.
Once set up, this is probably the quickest way to achieve what you're wanting. However, I have also used the method mentioned above, where you drag the region, and Logic asks if you want to copy it (as long as you have "Ask" selected in your Track Automation Preferences).
Then just delete the copied region, and tell Logic not to delete the automation data.
Do look into the automation folder though. It allows you to move and copy automation data, just like you do audio and MIDI regions.

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Hi,
I apologise if this answer has been given ad nauseum ad infinitum in advance, but I am wondering how do I copy automation data along with a section of audio/midi? Moving it is easy enough but copying that data and pasting it at a particular point isn't as intuitive for some wierd reason. Once again, sorry.

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A dumb question but I'm having trouble figuring out...how do I copy and paste automation data in audio regions? When I copy and paste an audio region I like, it pastes down the selected region but without the automation data with it. I've been rewriting the automation data every time to the newly-pasted region but I'm sure there's a simple way to do this. I've looked through the various help files but still am struggling to find the procedure. Any advice is welcome and thank you.
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OK, for viewers of this topic I figured this out myself. There are two lines in the reference manual that pertain but even they were a little confusing. They read:
"Option - long clicking on a selection allows you to copy the selection." p.234
I had success by using the pointer tool and selecting the automation data within the region by holding shift+dragging the mouse over the target data. The data highlights white. Then with the pointer tip on a line of the selected data, holding option+long clicking the selection AND dragging the data while still holding the option key I was able to drag and drop the automation data to a new region in the track. That got me "in the ball park" so to speak but fine tuning the actual drop was necessary to assure precise nodal location. That can be done node by node or better by dragging the entire automation selection as a loop edit.

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Hello,
I am a fan of using track automation data to control the volume levels on the faders of my Audio Instrument tracks. I am NOT using the track automation assigned to regions, I am using the ones assigned to tracks. If I move a region, however, the automation data (not surprisingly) does not move with the track. What is the easiest way to move automation data on a track? Is there a way to shift all automation data over a specified amount of measures etc?
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I think you need to shift-drag select (rubber band select) the
automation stuff and when it's highlighted, hold option, click hold
drag and what you selected will be copied to the new location you
drag it to. You need to be pretty careful to option click hold
exactly on the automation line, if you miss it won't invoke the copy

How do you copy automation from one track to another?

How do you copy automation from one track to another? Occassionally I mistakenly blow away a track's automation. I open up an earlier version of the song to try to get the automation. It doesn't seem that you can copy and paste the data. After some struggle, I find a way. Is there an easy way?

1. Copy the track containing the desired automation to another track. (create a track below it to keep things organized)
2. Double click on the region and delete the notes.
3. Now copy the region to the desired track.
P.S. Of course when Logic asks if you want to copy the automation data you say yes)

Hi! How do I switch existing automation data for one parameter to another?

Hello! I am new to Logic 8, and actually to using the Logic automation feature. Here is the deal: I have some old-school Logic event data that I recorded as a kind of automation (before the current kind of dedicated automation) for an EXS24 parameter. I need to change this event 'automation' to actual Logic automation, as Logic 8 does not read it (as Logic 7 did before it). So, I highlighted all of the events in my old-school 'automation' region in the event list. I had to change the number value to a common number assignment so that I could Change Selected Event Data into Track Automation. I selected volume (number seven, I believe), and than highlighted all events, clicked on the event region, than went to options and selected my desired automation transformation destination (say that three times fast). Great! I have my region as automation! Logic 8 knows what to do with this! But, it is volume. I need it to control the LFO 2 Rate of the EXS24. Problem is, that when I switch the automation parameter from Volume to LFO 2 Rate, the automation disappears. It seems as though that automation data is only for Volume. So, how might a charming gentleman, such as myself, go about keeping/converting the same automation, but for the parameter I want to change it to?
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Then you will get a dialog offering you the option to convert the existing parameter's data into the destination parameter, or "copy and convert" (which does the same but leaves the existing volume automation data intact.)

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Would anybody know a quick way of re-assigning automation data, for instance from volume information to filter up and down?

Nothing personal meant here, on the contrary, thanks are always much appreciated. And though it is in the manual, that doesn't mean you will find it easily (especially if you use the hard copy only).
BTW, RTMMH is my polite alternative to RTFM.
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hi , anyone here can give me some sugesstion ?
I want to move the automation data in different track at same time but i cannot find how to make it .
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danseq wrote:
Unfortunately Logic doesn't yet have a trim or update mode, otherwise you could do it by using the group function on the fader channels, and using a fader movement.
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Greetings Logic-o-philes,
Is there a way to move track automation data; volume for instance, created on several tracks, all at once?
Thank you,
Boe

Boe Brown wrote:
Is there a way to move track automation data; volume for instance, created on several tracks, all at once?
What you want to do is access Logic's Automation folder. For some typically stupid Apple reasoning, easy access to this folder was eliminated in version 7. But you can still get to it...
Open the Automation Event list. This is only accessable via a key command, so you may need to create one. Open your key commands window, and in the search field, type in "automation".
Find "Automation Event Edit", and assign a key command to it.
Once you open the Automation Event Edit list (via your new key command). With the Event list open, go up to the windows menu and open "Arrange".
A new Arrange page will open, but on this arrange page, you are looking at all your automation data, in the form of regions, just like you see with MIDI and audio regions, on the main arrange page.
Within this Automation arrange page, you can cut, move, drag, etc... automation data, just like you do with audio nad MIDI regions.
So if you need to copy, say, volume automation on tracks 6 , 7 and 8, from bars 1 through 16, to bars 30 through 46, simply select the automation regions on those tracks, and option/drag them to the proper location.
Tip... merge the automation regions per track, once they are copied.
You may also need to disable automation view, and then re-enable it, when you go back to your main arrange page, to visabliy see the changes.
Tip #2.... save this automation arrange page as a screenset. So from this day on, when you want to copy/move automation, you're a screenset away from it.

Excel Spreadsheet as Data Source & Copying that Data to an Existing SharePoint List

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