V6 User Manual 1.00.book - Studio General

Automation SettingsSelect All Settings > Application > Automation. (Automation > Automation Settings also takes you to theAutomation page).OptimizationsOffers a choice of options to enhance system performance when using automation.Keep only current version while saving when checked, the system only saves the current version of all automationtracks. This looses the saved automation versions history, but dramatically shortens the save time for projectswith automation.Limit versions to the number of Undo/Redo when checked the system only keeps a limited number of versionsin memory (the same as the number of Undo/Redos as defined in the Settings > All Settings > General Page).This reduces the number of automation versions kept in the history but enhances performance.Auto-Release OptionsIf Auto Release is enabled any control will, when released or when the transport is stopped, return to its value orstate in the previous automation pass or the default where no previous pass exists. This occurs either immediatelyif the control only has two states (e.g. a button) or over a period of time if the control is a fader or knob. The timeperiod is determined by the value entered in the Release Time box in ms.Refresh RateAutomation Settings pageThe Refresh Rate setting determines the rate at which the automation data is recorded. By default the refresh rateis the same as the actual time code frame rate, e.g. 40 ms at a frame rate of 25 fps.The possible range of the refresh rate is 10 to 100 milliseconds. Please note that your setting is rounded to entireframes, so that the effective refresh rate will be either one, two or three times the actual frame rate.One reason to choose a slower setting for the refresh rate would be to save processing power in complex mixes.Note: This setting has no bearing on “smoothness” of dynamic automation changes.Pyramix uses linear interpolation to avoid any possibility of zipper noise.Automation : Automation Settings 14 - 273