MultiTrack: How to copy mute and effects settings and shift them forward an exact amount

Question

I have mute and effects settings I need to shift forward.
Let's deal with mute on and off automations settings first: I recorded mute automation for instruments on multiple tracks. I need to keep the exact mute on/off settings for the second verse, so I need to shift them forward and start them at the beggining of a specific bar (the vocals have no settings that need shifting).
I need to copy the mute settings and apply them again at a certainbar of music.  Is this possible?
I need to keep the original settings at the beginning of the track in place as well, so I can't grab and drag them unless it creates a copy and leaves the original mute settings in place.
Thank you greatly, I'm working multiple projects trying to get to them all in time.

Answer 1

Hello Crispin,
I'm definitely with you on the pain of making multiple tweaks just to make everything look the same. We do not currently have a way of copying properties, but if you have an idea for how you'd think it might work, we'd love to hear from you at:
http://ideas.adobe.com/ct/s.bix?c=DA4859AD-8934-4F93-983A-4219E2DD9275
where we are collecting ideas for future directions for Catalyst.
For now, I would suggest trying to factor similar portions into components as much as possible. For example, perhaps you could create an empty button with all of the effects you want (like the glow, sizing, etc), and then just create a component where that button is above the text and image for a specific button. That way, when you change the appearance of your single button component definition, the appearance will change for all of your buttons. If you got really carried away, you could even create a custom component where each of the states is a different image / text pair, and just set the state of that component for each instance on the artboard.
-Bear