Producing question?!?!

[Zolo]

Hey guys, I have been watching tutorials on how to produce on youtube and have a question about this effect.


Fast forward to 2:22 and pause there.

This:
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Im guessing it's a rise in volume for certain parts of a track like a kick or something?

someone please explain what these are used for?

[botstein]

Are you talking about the filter that peaks about ten seconds later?

[Zolo]

Yes the wave lines that go up and down...are they used for tracks to raise there volumes or..?

[seitz]

automation

it automates paramaters

[JasonBay]

Automation automates certain parameters in tracks that can be automated with automation

[Maven]

Yes the wave lines that go up and down...are they used for tracks to raise there volumes or..?

Yeah, not just volume most DAW's are capable of automate anything pretty much. It is simply a movement that you create automaticly, it can be velocity, pitch, tempo anything. Once you set the automation, computer will that for you automatically.

[botstein]

Automation automates certain parameters in tracks that can be automated with automation

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[liam1895]

Its automation on the cutoff filter of the instrument by the sounds of things aswell as the sample.

Have a look around on "Automation in (software you use)" on youtube and you'll learn how to do it. It's simple and one of the best ways to make a track sound different and create sounds you want.

[Zolo]

So it automates certain parts of a track then right?

[liam1895]

So it automates certain parts of a track then right?

Basically, yes.

In FL Studio you can basically automate ANY parameter in use. It's just a way of defining parts of a sound and changing them. E.g you twist the filter on your mixer then bring it back to 12 o'clock. If you used automation you can define all the stuff and it'll bring it back down to where you want it.

Automation is a producers best friend if your making electronic music in my opinion. It'll make things so much easier for you if you know how to use it and really you can't not use it right.