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Old 07-24-2020, 08:15 AM
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Default Auto Join Latch broken with cliff-edge automation

An update on a support case I have with Avid. I wrote to them a while back (and some other DUC members confirmed this):

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I'm seeing Pro Tools ignore the Auto Join in Latch mode. It hits a cliff edge volume change and the VCA kicks into latch and *looks* like it's writing the correct automation, but what's coming out of the speakers is wrong. Totally repeatable. Bad bug. PT 2020.5, macOS 10.14.6, Eucon 20.5, Mac Pro 6,1.
Avid confirms that this is reproducible from 2018.1 to 2020.5 (!). Because this bug is so big, I'm sort of surprised there's not more conversation about it. But perhaps that's because the circumstances for it to occur are pretty specific.
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Old 05-17-2021, 01:02 PM
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On one hand, I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one experiencing this bug. On the other hand, it's sad that it hasn't been fixed yet.
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Old 05-17-2021, 01:18 PM
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I think it was fixed in 2021.3, or 2021.3.1. I heard it working properly just recently and was relieved, but haven't tested it fully.

The fix is also notably absent from the list of fixes in Avid's release notes.
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Was this only with VCA's or also auxes and tracks?
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Was this only with VCA's or also auxes and tracks?
Hold the press! This bug is not fixed as of 2021.3.1.

Only VCAs. Auxes and tracks are fine. And Join works. I just started with a fresh session to make sure it wasn't something weird in my template. Auto-Join looks like it's working, but it isn't. What's coming out of the loudspeakers is wrong.

It's an easy test, set a high level of a VCA for the whole session, then go into latch with auto-join ON. Ride the VCA down. Hit back and play and listen as it fails to join. BAD.
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I'm not experiencing this; ride vca down in latch with auto-join on, back-and-play, when the vca gets to the join point it correctly starts writing again at the new (lower) level and continues on without issue. What am I missing?
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I'm not experiencing this; ride vca down in latch with auto-join on, back-and-play, when the vca gets to the join point it correctly starts writing again at the new (lower) level and continues on without issue. What am I missing?
Nice of you to test this Rich! Yes, what you're describing is what happens visually, but for some reason on my system the members of that VCA group are still making sound at the higher level, as though the VCA didn't join. The screen is showing proper behavior. Then if I touch the VCA, the members suddenly start playing at the expected level.

Let me know if you hear the issue. It's possible that EneMeneGratschik and I have something unique in our system setup.
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Yeah, I was listening when I tried it - all behaving normally here. I wonder if it's specific to a certain setup or workflow? I *do* get an annoying audio glitch at the join point as if the VCA is momentarily going back to original level, but that's only on the join pass and is fine on playback.
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I *do* get an annoying audio glitch at the join point as if the VCA is momentarily going back to original level, but that's only on the join pass and is fine on playback.
I have heard this but not consistently. Does it happen to you every time?
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I'm unable to reproduce this, using just 1 track with pink noise and 1 vca.

Do you run into this using a template or can you reproduce this yourself with a clean session?
What mixer is connected and is it the same using a mouse?

PT Ultimate 2019.6, HDX

/edit, I do hear a loud pop when auto join takes over. This is gone when I playback that point again.
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