[ddots-l] Re: A question
- From: Chris Smart <csmart8@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:00:53 -0500
Hi Mike.
I wasn't sure either, so thanks; learned something new today.
Although, I'll have to read it a couple of times and maybe
experiment a bit in a project to get it.
From Lesson 40A from the tutorial:
5. The option to toggle between Envelope mode and Offset Mode
determines how your current fader movements affect your volume or
pan levels. There are two modes which control how your volume
faders, pan faders, and bus send pan faders behave during playback.
The two modes are Envelope mode, and Offset mode.
a. Envelope mode. In envelope mode, the volume and pan faders
follow the projects automation and do not respond to the changes
you make in real time.
b. Offset Mode. In offset mode, you offset the current automation
in a track, using a parameter's controls. In other words, in offset
mode, any automation envelopes in the track or bus, add their level
to any level that the fader contributes. So, for instance, the
level you see in the Volume column of a track, combines with the
levels that any volume envelope in that track produces as the track
plays.
c. Note that any setting you make while in offset mode, remains in
effect when you switch back to envelope mode. So when you switch
back to Envelope mode, any level that the volume column displays
while in Offset mode, continues to combine with any envelope in the
track, but does not show in the Volume field while you're in
Envelope mode. So, if you have a large negative value, such as
-INF, in the Volume column, then even if the volume envelope is at
its maximum level, the sum of the 2 values is still inaudible
because the negative value is so small.
d. Whenever you have unexpected levels in a track or bus, toggle
the envelope/offset mode, and then look in the track or bus
property columns to see what values show. Change the values to
neutral ones if you don't want them to affect your levels.
So, if I'm reading that correctly, if you wanted to make your vocal
track 2dB louder, for example, but not mess up the automation moves
you already recorded, you would do this in offset mode.
Chris
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