Table of Contents
Automation
In essence, automation means recording the values for a particular MixConsole or effect parameter. When you create your final mix, Cubase can adjust this particular parameter control.
Automation Panel
The Automation Panel is a floating window, and can be left open while you work.
Operations Tab
The Operations tab contains all functions that you need to perform automation operations.
Suspend Options
This section on the Automation Panel allows you to exclude specific parameters from the reading or writing of automation data. This way, you have full manual control of these parameters.
Suspend Write
Suspending the writing for a specific parameter during automation punches this parameter out of the automation pass.

Suspend Write

Suspending the writing for a specific parameter during automation punches this parameter out of the automation pass.

To suspend the writing of automation data for a specific parameter, click the corresponding parameter.
To suspend the writing of automation data for all parameters/parameter groups, click Set All.
Note
When any of the options in the Suspend Write category are enabled, clicking Set All disables all buttons.

Example

Imagine the following situation: To help you concentrate while working on a particular track, you mute several other tracks. However, because write automations are active on these tracks, this mute state is also automated during the next automation pass – a classic situation in mixing.

To avoid inadvertently excluding whole tracks from your mix in this way, you can exclude Mute from all automation writing by clicking Mute in the Suspend Write category on the Automation Panel.