Moving Automation Events

Moving Single Automation Events

  • To move a selected automation event, click it and drag to the left or to the right.

  • To restrict the direction of the movement, press Ctrl/Cmd and drag.

    Note

    Snap is taken into account when you move automation curves horizontally. To turn it off temporarily, hold down Ctrl/Cmd and any other modifier, and drag.

Moving Multiple Automation Events

  • To move a selection of automation events, click inside the selection rectangle, and drag to the left or to the right.

    If you made a continuous selection of automation events, events at the destination range are overwritten. However, if you move the same selection range past existing events, they appear again. If a selection range contains automation events that are deselected, dragging is restricted. You cannot move this selection past existing events.

  • To copy a continuous selection of automation events, click inside the selection rectangle, hold down Alt/Opt, and drag to the left or to the right.

Note

If you press Esc while dragging the selection rectangle, the selection jumps back to its original position.