Region Gain Automation

Region Gain

Click above for video instructions.

Region Gain is a volume envelope that extends for the length of the region. By default, the region envelope is “unity” (i.e. no change) across the entire region and it is hidden. To adjust region gain with the mouse, you must use the Draw tool.

In many situations you may find it useful to turn grid mode off. Clicking on a region with the Draw tool will cause a control point to be placed. By default, a region has 2 control points, one each at the start and end of the region.

*Tip: If you want to quickly change the gain over the entire region, then click on the region to show the line, and then grab the line and move it up/down. This is an alternative to Region Level.

*Tip: This is an excellent way to tweak a syllable or reduce a section of noise, and it is often more transparent than deleting it entirely. Also, looking through a waveshape and finding a few of hot the spots and reducing the gain will allow the compressor to be set more conservatively, providing a more transparent sound.

Mouse operations using the Range, Draw, and Edit tools inside a Region:

Range Tool

• Drag a Range, then you can switch to the Draw tool, and drag up/down to move all the points in that range ( with guard points )
  • To view a demonstration, see this video clip: Region Gain editing with the Range tool.
• Drag a Range, then click Delete to remove that range

*This is a case where Mixbus is much smarter than some other DAWs you might be familiar with. When you select a “range” of automation and delete the range, Mixbus doesn’t just delete the automation ‘points’ inside the range. Instead, Mixbus creates a “guard point” at the start and end of your range, and preserves the automation timeline before and after the range selection. In other words, it only deletes the automation “inside” your range selection. Sounds obvious, eh? But strangely that is not how some other DAWs work.

Draw tool

• Click anywhere in the region to create a new control point, and connect it to the points on either side.
• Click a control point to grab it and move it.
• Shift+right-click on a control point to delete it.
• Click a line to move the gain points on either side of the line.
• Right-click on a control point to Edit or Delete it.

Edit Tool

• Click a control point to grab it and move it.
• Click in empty space to make a rubberband-selection ( box selection ). This will select the enclosed automation points which can then be moved or deleted together.
• Shift+right-click a control point to delete it.
• Right-click on a control point to Edit or Delete it.

Temporarily bypassing region gain

Menu>Region>Gain>Envelope Active
or
Right click on the region and click on the track name>Gain>Envelope Active

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