How do you prefer to automate track volume: insert gain plugin, trim, vca fader?

Larioso · August 28, 2017, 9:27am

ChazC:

Larioso:

hmmm… did you try Trim automation in Cubase - automation panel have a separate button to make that happend.
You get a separate trim curve - until you decide to freeze into regular automation.
There is a setting if to automatically freeze when leaving trim - or do on own command set to manual.

You do it on VCA as well.

I’ll have to have another look at it because when I looked at it last time trim only seemed to let me alter volume automation that was already there - as soon as I tried to trim it wrote values on the main volume automation track.

I like having my main volume fader completely under manual control when composing but often certain creative decisions need to be in place (such as a fade in on an instrument track or a relative volume change for a bridge or verse etc.).

But if you turn off automatic freeze it and change to manual - you freeze relative into regular when you say so.
There is a setting in automation panel - probably somewhere else as well. Lower left corner of automation panel which can be opened from menu(don’t remeber) but also arrow on toolbar for automation mode.