Automation Snapshot Shortcut is not working

[murat k.]

Automation Snapshot Shortcut is not working.

Edited July 20, 2022 by murat k.

[murat k.]

Still is.

[Jim Fogle]

Are you using any custom keyboard assignments?  What shortcut are you using for automation snapshot?

[murat k.]

14 minutes ago, Jim Fogle said:

Are you using any custom keyboard assignments?  What shortcut are you using for automation snapshot?

Any.

[murat k.]

Reminder.

[murat k.]

Another ongoing issue for years. This is the thread that makes me most doubt the usefulness of the requests we make here.

[msmcleod]

It's working fine here, however the documentation is somewhat misleading:

To create a snapshot of a track or bus parameter

1. Move the parameter control to where you want it.

2. Move the Now Time to the location where you want to create the snapshot.

3. Right-click the control and choose Automation Snapshot in the pop-up menu. You don’t have to write-enable the track or bus module. An indicator will appear on the control to show that automation has been added, and a node will be added to the control's envelope on the track.

4. Make sure the appropriate Automation Read button is enabled, play your project and listen to the results. You can undo the snapshot by using the Undo command, or by taking another snapshot at the same Now Time.

This is all true for right-clicking the control, however for the keyboard shortcut to work you do have to write enable the parameter (i.e. within the corresponding automation lane).

The keyboard shortcut will take an automation snapshot for all write-enabled parameters.

[Starship Krupa]

On 10/24/2024 at 2:38 PM, murat k. said:

This is the thread that makes me most doubt the usefulness of the requests we make here.

There have been many fulfilled requests in this forum, and many unfulfilled requests.

Why certain requests have gone unfulfilled is food for thought.

[murat k.]

On 10/25/2024 at 8:45 AM, msmcleod said:

The keyboard shortcut will take an automation snapshot for all write-enabled parameters.

Thank you for the information. Could you disable the write enable feature for the shortcut to work? There is no need for that.

[msmcleod]

5 hours ago, murat k. said:

Thank you for the information. Could you disable the write enable feature for the shortcut to work? There is no need for that.

I think the reason this was required was so that the command knows what automation to snapshot.  Otherwise it has no way of knowing.

[murat k.]

4 hours ago, msmcleod said:

I think the reason this was required was so that the command knows what automation to snapshot.  Otherwise it has no way of knowing.

As it is now, we can already create an Automation Snapshot through the right-click menu without Write Enabled. It seems that an unnecessary rule was applied to the shortcut function in the past, and no one has changed it since.

[murat k.]

@msmcleodAs I examined it a bit more, I realized that the confusion here actually stems from the difference between the command in the right-click menu and the command we use in the shortcut. The command in the right-click menu is effective for a single automation, while the shortcut provides a global snapshot option for all tracks with the write-enabled parameter active.

For the shortcut, a modification could be made so that if it’s not write-enabled, it only takes a snapshot for the focused automation. This way, we wouldn't need to enable write every time we use the shortcut.

I would also like to remind you that the newly added 'Left Click Sets Track Focus' global option in Cakewalk Sonar should also work for Automation and Take Lanes.

Since we're talking about an issue with an automation-related command, and I've caught you here, I hope you can address this feature as well. :)