SOLVED THANK YOU ALL automating soft synth (drums)

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2017/01/18 16:05:44 (permalink)

SOLVED THANK YOU ALL automating soft synth (drums)

hi everyone. question, can one automate a drum track? what i'm trying to do is attenuate the volume of a snare drum in a couple places. I 'm using superior drummer.
what i've tried so far is use the freeze control then hit "W" to write the automation. 
at first it seemed to work then when i hid the drum tracks what i did disappeared.
does anyone have any ideas?
thanks so much
jp
 
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    Bristol_Jonesey
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    Re: automating soft synth (drums) 2017/01/18 16:54:39 (permalink)
    Assuming you have all of your drums routed to separate audio tracks in SONAR, just go to the Snare track, change the edit filter to Track Automation > Volume.
     
    This will insert a volume envelope for you to tweak at will.
     
    Single clicking anywhere on it will insert a single node
    you can do lots of things and edit envelopes in several different ways:
     
    https://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=SONAR&language=3&help=Automation.11.html#1158748
     
     
    No need to freeze anything

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    Re: automating soft synth (drums) 2017/01/18 17:02:24 (permalink)
    You could also edit the midi to reduce the volume on the places you need.

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    Re: automating soft synth (drums) 2017/01/18 17:56:10 (permalink)
    you're both correct, i managed to figure it out.
    thanks so much for your help.

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