I used a lot of automation in volume as I want to fade in and out or cross fade different tracks. For example, all the drones in the second half of the piece are gradually coming in because I want to slowly increase the tensity. I also use it to turn on some of the effect such as the distortion and echo effect in the deer’s barking track. Another use of that is panning. Some of the tracks I used spatial effects but sometime I just want simply panning and it is the panning automation come in places. I can control the panning patten easily but drawing in automation and I can fine tone it very easily. The new technique that I started to use is live record automation. As I mention in the spatialisation blog, I used DearVR plug-in, and by live record the automation of the panning, I can control it directly and create more organic panning, and also in that way, I can use the direct instant as I was improvising rather sit the the automation mode, and trying to figure out how much should I put in the parameters in the specific time. I also use the live recoding automation on the Grain delay in the XY pad alone with the automation of the wet dry signal. I feel I can be more content to the track by record the live automation.
