Plug-Ins Automation

Question

Hey All,i had a quick question about the Plug-ins on Logic Express7..Can the Plug-Ins be automated and if so,how?

Answer 1

I'm speaking from Logic Audio 6, but I think the functionality is the same. Automating plug-ins is just like automating track functions like volume/pan.
If you're not already viewing track automation, turn it on (in the Arrange window, choose View > Track Automation in the Arrange submenu).
Under the track name and mute/record/freeze buttons, you should see a grey bar. Click and hold the bar, and you'll get a menu of all the available parameters that can be automated (volume, pan, etc). Any plug-ins on the track will also be items in this menu, and their parameters are a submenu of it.
Select the plug-in parameter you want to automate. Its value will be shown as a dotted line extending through the regions. Click on the line to create nodes which you can then move to change the value of the parameter. Once you create a node, the line becomes solid.
You can select single nodes or groups of nodes to move, vertically or horizontally or both. Clicking and holding between two nodes will select the line segment between them. And apparently with LE7, you can now also draw curves.
You can also automate on the fly in the Track Mixer. Click and hold the box above the pan pot that says "off," which opens a menu for Read, Touch, Latch, Write, and MIDI. Select Touch.
Open the plug-in's window. Play the song and adjust the parameter(s) as you want. Your moves are recorded. If you go to the Arrange window and view the automation as outlined above, you'll see your moves and can then edit them there if you want.