Automation track not recording

[Jmfocus]

Hi Arlo
I am trying to create auto tracks to get a document to scroll and line up with the music. I hit the record button and it blinks during the whole process and I hit it again when finished. It is not saving the process. When I test it, it just reverts to auto scroll. I have both record tracks and auto scroll on in the settings.

[arlo]

If you want to play custom scrolling movements that you recorded into an automation track, you'd need to turn off Settings > Automation > Auto-Scroll and turn on Settings > Automation > Play Automation Track. Does that answer it?

[Jmfocus]

That makes sense but that means that all the songs in that database will need to have recorded automation tracks. I can't be song specific?

[Jmfocus]

Ok playing with it some more I see that the auto scroll is still available but it needs to be manually started after clicking on the song.

[arlo]

That makes sense but that means that all the songs in that database will need to have recorded automation tracks. I can't be song specific?

You could use auto-scrolling with a song selection action on just some songs if you set Settings > Automation > Auto-Scroll Calculation to Manual and then only set a scroll duration for the songs you want to auto-scroll. In that case, the song selection action will have no effect for the other songs. Similarly, if a song has no automation track, then the Play Automation Track song selection action will have no effect.

[Pongo]

Is it possible to combine an automation track with auto-scroll?

I prefer the scrolling lyric (visually), as opposed to a static page, but when I automate my lyrics, I have no choice but to drag sections manually.
Can I have an auto-scroll document that will recognize (and playback) changes that I make?

Basically, can automation adjust an auto-scroll document?

Thanks,

[arlo]

You can combine automation tracks and auto-scrolling. The automation track will record the starting and stopping of the auto-scrolling and any manual movements that you make to change to scroll position while auto-scrolling is running. It won't record every movement of the document pixel-by-pixel ... that's good because it keeps your automation track uncluttered and allows you to adjust your auto-scroll speed without changing the rest of the automation track.

[Pongo]

Thanks Arlo!