Select, copy, move, and delete automation

After you create automation points and curves, you can easily change things to meet your needs. You can copy automation within a track or between tracks and can move automation within a track. When moving a region, you can choose whether or not to move any existing automation with it. When deleting automation, you can delete individual or multiple automation points.

Select automation

Copy automation within a track

Any existing points in the target location are deleted.

Copy automation between tracks

  1. Hold down Shift while dragging a selection within the automation area.

  2. Choose Edit > Copy (or press Command-C).

  3. Select the track you want to copy the automation to.

  4. Choose Edit > Paste (or press Command-V).

Move or copy a region with its automation

Now, when you move or copy a region, the automation points stay with it.

Delete a single automation point

Do one of the following:

Delete multiple automation points

Do one of the following: