Lane Automation Zoom

[aspen1135]

Starting from other DAW's and migrating into Pro Tools has been fun and frusterating. One thing I can't really get over is how crappy (IMO) the automation is. The most frustrating part is when trying to use VCA's and automating parts with break points, a 2db + or - change can be really close to the other break point and hard to edit/select. How can I zoom the lane and get a better view of what I'm doing? Also, is there a quick way of doing this via a keyboard shortcut? I'm not a fun of doing everything with clicking toolbars.

[john1192]

Originally Posted by aspen1135

Starting from other DAW's and migrating into Pro Tools has been fun and frusterating. One thing I can't really get over is how crappy (IMO) the automation is. The most frustrating part is when trying to use VCA's and automating parts with break points, a 2db + or - change can be really close to the other break point and hard to edit/select. How can I zoom the lane and get a better view of what I'm doing? Also, is there a quick way of doing this via a keyboard shortcut? I'm not a fun of doing everything with clicking toolbars.

in the automation lane itself you can make that Re-Size just like any other Track .. you can manually drag the bottom the bottom left corner of the Lane itself (not the track) or you can automatically by choosing a size ..

hope this helps ..

[TrentWilliams]

Hold command while you click+drag, that will draw inautomation break points at 0.1 intervals

[aspen1135]

Originally Posted by john1192

in the automation lane itself you can make that Re-Size just like any other Track .. you can manually drag the bottom the bottom left corner of the Lane itself (not the track) or you can automatically by choosing a size ..

hope this helps ..

This works but I have to resize the window to basically take up the whole screen so I can make precise changes, even in .1 intervals. I just want to be able to zoom in the lane almost like you would with a waveform and see a higher resolution of the automation grid, without disrupting the entire session by taking up all the screen space!

[TrentWilliams]

Have you tried hitting 'E' to zoom in on the automation line?

[john1192]

Originally Posted by Trent W.

Have you tried hitting 'E' to zoom in on the automation line?

thats better ...

[Drew Mazurek]

Originally Posted by john1192

thats better ...

Pretty soon, you'll have learned enough about it so it's not crappy anymore.

[The Weed]

Or Alt/Option+Scroll?

Or "R" or "T"?

Or setting a Zoom level using the Alpha 1-5 numbers?

[TrentWilliams]

You can choose your 'E' zoom settings in preferences - to change the display options on zoom.