[RWP] automation and surround sound question

[Scott Chesworth]

Questions about automation come up around these parts quite often, and
the unfortunate answer is that it's currently a bit of a mess with
ReaAccess, and so far as I know nobody has figured out a consistent
workflow for it yet. A better approach to automation was on the
features list for ReaAccess 2.0, which was supposedly developed but
has never seen the light of day. For now, what most people are doing
is getting by with item-based effects. It's not as cool as full
automation, but it works for some situations.

Sorry to be the barer of bad news

Scott

On 10/20/14, Ken Downey <KenWDowney at blindlabyrinth.com> wrote:
> I have, sort of, come to understand how the automation works. I know how to
> get the envelopes visible, though I'm not sure what arms them, and setting
> automation to write and so on is no problem. I know that I can also use alt
> upand down arrows to automate volume, alt right and left for pan. I'm
> wondering if there is a better way to automate these, as the changes are
> quite gradual. I'm also wondering how to automate effects. For example, we
> can take a piece and put it through a ring modulator, but the exciting
> aspect of automation is that we can ride the ring mod frequency up and down
> through the entire piece, changing it as we go, and having that sound always
> be the same after that. Am I wrong, or is this doable?
> Ken Downey
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