SoSpiro Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 I am trying to copy and paste multiple filter sweeps for my pad on an audio region. I can manually do this for each parameter (high shelf frequency, high shelf gain, high shelf Q), but that would take forever. I've tried copy and pasting the same filter sweep automation for all 3 parameters on a separate empty audio region with the EQ on the channel strip, but when i copy and paste it, the slot says "unused" so it is copying the automation points, but not the actual parameters. How can i do this while maintaining the visibility of the automation points for every filter sweep? Or is there a way i can effectively copy and paste all three parameters simultaneously using empty audio regions to quicken this process? (sorry if my terminology is incorrect or if this is confusing). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrywithtwors Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Have you tried duplicating the track then option dragging the region down into the duplicated track? You should get a prompt that asks if you want to copy the automation data also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoSpiro Posted August 14, 2020 Author Share Posted August 14, 2020 Have you tried duplicating the track then option dragging the region down into the duplicated track? You should get a prompt that asks if you want to copy the automation data also i'd still have to copy and paste each automated parameter to the different sections for all three parameters. I wanted to know if i can somehow make this easier? seems like the empty audio region method would be faster if it's possible....maybe i'm doing something wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrywithtwors Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 Have you tried duplicating the track then option dragging the region down into the duplicated track? You should get a prompt that asks if you want to copy the automation data also i'd still have to copy and paste each automated parameter to the different sections for all three parameters. I wanted to know if i can somehow make this easier? seems like the empty audio region method would be faster if it's possible....maybe i'm doing something wrong. You shouldn't if you're duplicating and option dragging. You have screen shots or maybe a screencap of what you're doin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoSpiro Posted August 15, 2020 Author Share Posted August 15, 2020 i'd still have to copy and paste each automated parameter to the different sections for all three parameters. I wanted to know if i can somehow make this easier? seems like the empty audio region method would be faster if it's possible....maybe i'm doing something wrong. You shouldn't if you're duplicating and option dragging. You have screen shots or maybe a screencap of what you're doin? not near my computer now, but i understand i have to option drag the automation points and place them to perfection on the audio region each time i want to sweep. I was wondering if i can embed the sweep in one single audio region so i can just option drag THAT instead for convenience. I have different notes and such on my audio track, so i cannot copy and paste those audio regions otherwise the audio will overlap instead of JUST the automation points. Does that make sense? Please let me know, because i always suck at explaining these things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution garrywithtwors Posted August 15, 2020 Solution Share Posted August 15, 2020 You shouldn't if you're duplicating and option dragging. You have screen shots or maybe a screencap of what you're doin? not near my computer now, but i understand i have to option drag the automation points and place them to perfection on the audio region each time i want to sweep. I was wondering if i can embed the sweep in one single audio region so i can just option drag THAT instead for convenience. I have different notes and such on my audio track, so i cannot copy and paste those audio regions otherwise the audio will overlap instead of JUST the automation points. Does that make sense? Please let me know, because i always suck at explaining these things. Yea I think I'm the one that's being confusing actually. What I was tryin to say is select the track that contains the region where you want the automation copied over. Duplicate said track (cmd+d). Then select the actual region (not it's automation) from the original track and option drag it down to the duplicated track. All of your parameters for automation should thus be copied over without that "unused" tag. Now what you're gonna have to do from there is delete the region you just option dragged without deleting the automation when the prompt comes up. Then drag/create the new region that has your desired notes into the duplicated track. Your copied automation should remain in tact. Another option is to redo the automation and record it into the region instead of the track. To do this activate automation by pressing "a". You should see track in blue, you can hit that once and it'll change to region. I was havin a similar problem to yours a couple months back and found out about both of these options accidentally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoSpiro Posted August 16, 2020 Author Share Posted August 16, 2020 not near my computer now, but i understand i have to option drag the automation points and place them to perfection on the audio region each time i want to sweep. I was wondering if i can embed the sweep in one single audio region so i can just option drag THAT instead for convenience. I have different notes and such on my audio track, so i cannot copy and paste those audio regions otherwise the audio will overlap instead of JUST the automation points. Does that make sense? Please let me know, because i always suck at explaining these things. Yea I think I'm the one that's being confusing actually. What I was tryin to say is select the track that contains the region where you want the automation copied over. Duplicate said track (cmd+d). Then select the actual region (not it's automation) from the original track and option drag it down to the duplicated track. All of your parameters for automation should thus be copied over without that "unused" tag. Now what you're gonna have to do from there is delete the region you just option dragged without deleting the automation when the prompt comes up. Then drag/create the new region that has your desired notes into the duplicated track. Your copied automation should remain in tact. Another option is to redo the automation and record it into the region instead of the track. To do this activate automation by pressing "a". You should see track in blue, you can hit that once and it'll change to region. I was havin a similar problem to yours a couple months back and found out about both of these options accidentally oh wow i don't know why i didn't think to duplicate the track. Thank you for both options! i appreciate your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrywithtwors Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Yea I think I'm the one that's being confusing actually. What I was tryin to say is select the track that contains the region where you want the automation copied over. Duplicate said track (cmd+d). Then select the actual region (not it's automation) from the original track and option drag it down to the duplicated track. All of your parameters for automation should thus be copied over without that "unused" tag. Now what you're gonna have to do from there is delete the region you just option dragged without deleting the automation when the prompt comes up. Then drag/create the new region that has your desired notes into the duplicated track. Your copied automation should remain in tact. Another option is to redo the automation and record it into the region instead of the track. To do this activate automation by pressing "a". You should see track in blue, you can hit that once and it'll change to region. I was havin a similar problem to yours a couple months back and found out about both of these options accidentally oh wow i don't know why i didn't think to duplicate the track. Thank you for both options! i appreciate your help. No prob! In case you didn't already use the second option, there's a third much easier option I literally just found. Right click on the region > automation > move track data to region Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoSpiro Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share Posted August 21, 2020 oh wow i don't know why i didn't think to duplicate the track. Thank you for both options! i appreciate your help. No prob! In case you didn't already use the second option, there's a third much easier option I literally just found. Right click on the region > automation > move track data to region Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoSpiro Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share Posted August 21, 2020 oh wow i don't know why i didn't think to duplicate the track. Thank you for both options! i appreciate your help. No prob! In case you didn't already use the second option, there's a third much easier option I literally just found. Right click on the region > automation > move track data to region on second thought, this method doesn't work because it moves the track automation to the region. i'd then have to copy and paste the region over my existing audio which overlaps it and it doesn't work.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoSpiro Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share Posted August 21, 2020 not near my computer now, but i understand i have to option drag the automation points and place them to perfection on the audio region each time i want to sweep. I was wondering if i can embed the sweep in one single audio region so i can just option drag THAT instead for convenience. I have different notes and such on my audio track, so i cannot copy and paste those audio regions otherwise the audio will overlap instead of JUST the automation points. Does that make sense? Please let me know, because i always suck at explaining these things. Yea I think I'm the one that's being confusing actually. What I was tryin to say is select the track that contains the region where you want the automation copied over. Duplicate said track (cmd+d). Then select the actual region (not it's automation) from the original track and option drag it down to the duplicated track. All of your parameters for automation should thus be copied over without that "unused" tag. Now what you're gonna have to do from there is delete the region you just option dragged without deleting the automation when the prompt comes up. Then drag/create the new region that has your desired notes into the duplicated track. Your copied automation should remain in tact. Another option is to redo the automation and record it into the region instead of the track. To do this activate automation by pressing "a". You should see track in blue, you can hit that once and it'll change to region. I was havin a similar problem to yours a couple months back and found out about both of these options accidentally so i tried this and it didn't work. i duplicated the track with the automation (which is a bus) and couldn't move the region i wanted to over it, because the region i'd need to copy is a a bus. i couldn't bounce it to a region because "there are no regions to bounce" for a bus. This is getting annoying and i wouldn't think something like copying and pasting automation would be so hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.