Deleting Clips Without Erasing Automation?

[aylavid]

Hello Experts!

We have been seeking a way of doing this when we have to exchange audio clips from a mix. If you lose Automation once when you delete clips and then import a new one, you have to rewrite Automation that is a pain.
Seems no one answered for this.

Appreciate telling us how to delete only audio clips and leave the automation completely.


Thank you,

[mesaone]

Turn off Automation Follows Edit.

[aylavid]

Hello mesaone,

Thank you for the quick reply.
You also saved so many users who have been looking for this.

Just Turn off Automation switch and delete audio clips. Then import new clips.
We will try this! (We used to rewrite all over again)


Thank you!

[Drew Mazurek]

This was so much easier when they actually printed one on paper, but reading the manual periodically has ALWAYS helped me over the years. Each read through you pick up new little things.

[clausiii]

Originally Posted by Drew Mazurek

This was so much easier when they actually printed one on paper, but reading the manual periodically has ALWAYS helped me over the years. Each read through you pick up new little things.

+1000
No offense intended!
But really, the ProTools Reference Guide is the best source for learning ProTools!
@ayavid: you can find the guide in your documents folder of MacOSX!

[YYR123]

Manual is deep, for sure I definitely have a link on my desktop

However I just had an Avid CS rep tell me himself that parts of the manual (shortcut in this case) are ambiguous and lacking some further explanation for different things

So manual yes, and the DUC/APAC yes also....

[aylavid]

Thank you, Drew Mazurek, clausiii, YYR123,

We take your advice seriously.
We have PDF PT11 Reference Guide. However, still not so easy to find out what we need to know on time from the manual. The pdf search window doesn't take us what we want. We searched keyword kind of "delete clips without losing automation" ...etc. Could not find.
We had beeing using another DAW long time. PT is about a couple of years. We usually search on the web. Much reliable than manual.

Seems you guys well handled with the manual.
We deeply appreciate if you show us some tip of way of finding anything from manual. e.g. this time, what kind of keywords do you use for the search and what page we can find this?

Thank you,

[YYR123]

We have just as many problems searching the manual as you do

As with all search related problems sometimes less is more (i.e. Less words for your querying) it sometimes uses a broad net to catch what you need to catch

But as I said an avid customer service rep told me that the other day that the manual in some places and sometimes is very ambiguous

[joachim]

Originally Posted by aylavid

We searched keyword kind of "delete clips without losing automation" ...etc. Could not find.

I like the other way around.
Instead of searching for self-formulated personal search terms like "delete clips without losing automation", I look, what kind of buttons arer there in the edit and mix window.
If you hover with the mouse over it, it displays its label. Hmm, "Automation follows Edit", what is that button used for -> so I search for "Automation follows Edit" in the Ref Guide.
Unfortunately, this has to be done for every button, you do not know. But kind of worth it.
And if you get to know the relevant part of the Ref Guide, and open sub-menus like, Mixing - Automation - Automation Preferences, one may find the answer.
But, my experience, the less you know about PT, the less you will find in the Ref Guide. The opposite is also true, to some extent.

[aylavid]

@YYR123 and @joachim, Thank you for the response and advice.
We took your advice seriously and tried with Ref guide.
We searched for "Automation follows Edit" too. Then we found some page perhaps relate to what we were looking for. But unfortunately, we didn't quite get it this was the exact meaning of remaining automation when we delete audio clips.

The reply from two of you made us think what we have been questioning ourselves and curious why, that is why Avid company is not supporting their own customer for free by email and phone like many other companies. The company is supposed to appreciate customers that chose this product. For example, any products from Japanese company, you will receive fee support 100% in Japan. Because of products are created by the company, so that customers are supposed to be no idea about their products. So it is natural and common sense to think if the company wish to customers to choose their product, they should provide information about products and support when it is in trouble.
In the way of Avid, we see a many cool advertisement and videos they create and saying get our product Pro Tools. But after you purchased, they don't care about you. Instead, they say, pay us more if you need to know about our product. Only money oriented. No appreciation.
So that we started from PT11. However, we have already considered going back to other DAWs used to use or going for something new like Samplitude. They provide free support and good reputation.

Have you ever thought same way or question about same way?

Thanks,