Instead your Automation rides span the length of the Vocal Track. So when you loop that Region, the Automation repeats:Д«ut in the case of vocals, your Automation may not be Region specific at all. The Automation you write is Region-specific.

Are you going to want to write that panning Automation for the whole song?Д«ut if you set your Automation to Region-based Automation, do it once and youвЂ™re done. And you want that shaker to pan from left to right super fast:ДЄnd you want to loop that shaker throughout the song. If youвЂ™re working with loops or samples, you may find you want your Automation to repeat.ДЇor example, say you have a shaker loop. But you can also decide what style of Automation works best for you! Not only can you write automation for just about anything in Logic. ItвЂ™s always best to change your Automation Mode to Read when youвЂ™ve nailed that perfect ride of a fader or knob. Instead of writing, Logic simply вЂњreadsвЂќ or plays back the Automation youвЂ™ve set. Read Mode is what you set your track to when youвЂ™re done writing Automation. 9 times out of 10 Touch and Latch are far more useful. ItвЂ™s not too often when youвЂ™ll want to use Write Mode.

But Write Mode starts writing Automation immediately.ДЄny time you start playback in Write Mode, Logic starts writing Automation. You see, Touch and Latch wonвЂ™t start writing until you begin adjusting parameters. Write Mode is the opposite of the last 2 modes. This can be handy if you want to end your Automation at a specific level or setting. So if you slowly drag the fader down to -20 dB and let go, that fader stays at -20 dB. When you let go of that fader or knob, Latch Mode just leaves it there. You know how Touch Mode returns your knob or fader to wherever it started when you stop writing Automation? And thatвЂ™s what happens once you stop writing Automation. Latch Mode is like Touch Mode, except in one respect. This can be handy if you want Logic to revert back to the original setting afterwards. So if youвЂ™re TrackвЂ™s Fader was set to 0 dB before you touched it, once you let go of it, it will return to 0 dB. When you stop adjusting knobs, Touch Mode will return to wherever that knob first began. Touch Mode begins writing Automation when you begin adjusting. What makes each mode unique is when and how it responds.

Grab your fader, pan pot, or plugin knob, andДЄs you adjust a knob or fader, youвЂ™ll see Automation being written onto your track.

Touch ModeД®ach mode allows you to write Automation as you listen to your track. And you can access them in the field below your Output and Groups: 1. Logic recognizes this need, and provides 3 ways to write Automation. And you can actually make the most out of compression by riding them before the Compressor. Vocal Rides are when you literally ride the vocals with the fader.Д«y riding the fader, you can write detailed and careful automation.

Select a section with the Marquee Tool,ДЄnd IвЂ™ve found this method works great for me 99.9% of the time.Д«ut sometimes you need a more hands on way of adjusting Automation.

Writing Automation can be incredibly fast using the Marquee Tool: Your EQ, Compressor, Sends and Drum Kit are all adjustable!Д¬anвЂ™t you imagine the possibilities? The 4 Modes of Writing Automation Want a track to drop out for a moment? Set your Automation to Mute, select that part, and adjust it to Mute:ДЄnd beyond that, you can also Automate just about anything else as well! This includes Plugin and Instrument parameters. If you click on the menu and travel down to Main, youвЂ™ve got several other options: YouвЂ™re not only restricted to Volume either. Or delete them altogether by double-clicking a Node: Simply use the Marquee Tool to select that spot on the Track Lane:Д¬lick on the area you selected, and Logic will create 4 new Automation Points, or Nodes:ДЄnd drag the line between the Nodes up to add some volume to that spot:Д«ut you can also adjust the nodes as well. Say you want the drums to get way louder at a certain spot. By default Logic offers Volume as the first adjustable parameter: Several new menus will appear in your Track Headers. It all starts with the letter вЂA.вЂ™ Open one of your Logic mixes, and hit Key Command A to view your mixвЂ™s Automation:

In a nutshell, Automation is your way of telling Logic you want things to change at certain moments. If all this movement occurs naturally, shouldnвЂ™t it occur in your mixes as well?ДЄnd it absolutely can! Automation is your key to mixes that adapt dynamically over time.ДЄll it takes is familiarizing yourself with LogicвЂ™s intuitive and brilliant Automation system.

In a live show you might change vocal effects, or play harder, or hit the distortion pedal. Automation is the secret weapon to dynamic and emotional mixes.

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