Hi,

I’ve been following this forum for years and I’m a long term Motif user. I really enjoy the help given here and have benefited from it so much.

Wondered if anyone knows much about Pro Tools and specifically how to move all automation nodes on one audio track in one go?

Thank you.

Dave.

Hi davesmith_56,

Welcome to Motifator,

Can you tell me what version of Pro Tools you are using?  Version number and if it is HD or not?

Thank you for replying,

I’m not using HD lol (I wish) I’m using the standard Pro Tools version 9. if i could afford to drop 10k on a DAW, then I might! 

Does it matter?

Sadly, it does matter.

You might be unhappy to learn this, but the particular function you are asking about is excluded from the domestic version of Pro Tools and is only available in the professional HD/HDX version and it is automation trim.

On realising that your track is correctly automated, but needs to be 0.5 dB louder overall, it’s infuriating enough to make you think you’ve got to sit there and manually move 50 or 60 automation points one by one, when all you want to do is highlight them all and move them together in one go whilst keeping relative positions!

There are some workarounds, but they depend on how comfortable you are with Pro Tools.

Do you know what an insert is and do you know how to bounce tracks?

right, can i sue Avid? lol, that’s not very charitable of them.

I know what an insert does on a mixing console and in Pro Tools.  I also know how to bounce tracks in Pro Tools

ok, good.

The bounce workaround involves leaving your automation as it is and bouncing that track out in isolation, so that the automation gets rendered into the resulting audio file.

When you’ve bounced the audio out, you can reimport it and rebalance it to how you wanted it in the first place. 

This is good if you are sure that your automation is perfect, because you are stuck with it unless you do the whole process again.  That’s a good way, it’s not the best though.

The other way is to use the Trim plug in which comes with the stock Pro Tools plug ins.

Again, leave your automation as it is and put an instance of the Trim plug on an available insert, or your last insert if others on the same channel are occupied.

The trim plug in has a fader and all you need to do is adjust it, so, if you did want a 0.5 dB increase, slide it up 0.5 dB and your track is then rebalanced at the new level.  If you want to change it again, you should continue to use the fader on the Trim plug in.

Phil,

I tried both ways and found the trim way the easiest and it’s a beautiful workaround retaining full control and makes it kinda like there isn’t a missing feature at all!

Boy! that was giving me a headache! Thank you very much.

Not a problem, you’re welcome.