Waveform 11 Pro Audio Problem

[Max827]

Hello there, so I have a problem with audio and it´s very weird. When I start playing (using Subtractive with multiple tracks) the audio is like automating itself. Some tracks suddenly become quiet overtime. I don´t know if it´s lagging or there is something I missed while checking the project. I don´t have this problem with other projects so maybe there´s a setting I missed.

Thanks for your help,
Max

[pough]

Before you do anything else, please make an archive of this project or edit. What seems to be invisible automation has cropped up before, but the devs don't have a way to investigate without having access to an edit that exhibits the problem.

Are you familiar with how automation works in Waveform? There can be automation on a track without it displaying. There is a quick way to hide all automation but showing automation is not as simple.

Is it the same tracks continually having the problem or is it different tracks each time?

In previous cases of what seems to be a similar problem, people have deleted the volume plugin on the problem tracks and then added them back in.

[Kang]

I've had times where I forgot I did master volume automation, or did it on accident and was confused. You can do master volume automation on any track so sometimes it looks like it's just automation for that track instead of the master.

Are you familiar with how automation works in Waveform? There can be automation on a track without it displaying. There is a quick way to hide all automation but showing automation is not as simple.

Track wise, there's a great macro that I use all the time (set to my N) that scrolls active automation on a selected track.

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//scroll active automation
var track = Tracktion.getTrackFromSelectedObject();
Tracktion.changeActiveAutomationParameter (track, 1);

Surely someone could mod that to work on all tracks or all selected tracks.

Side Note: There's "Show Default Automation on each track" which isn't amazingly useful for me as it shows the final volume/pan plugin's volume line. I always use that volume/pan for general levels so no automation. It would be great if there was an option to get the second to last volume/pan plugin volume as the default, or to be able to set the default. Sounds like a bizzarre request, but I have a feeling a lot of users also use the volume/pan plugins like this (first for automation, second for levels). It would instantly make "show default automation" super useful.

Here's the two useful hide macros just for anyone browsing this post who's not aware. You can do the 'hide all' one from the control panel, but I don't think there's a keyboard shortcut option, so you have to do it as a macro.

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// Hide automation on selected tracks
var tracks = Tracktion.getSelectedEditElements ('track');
Tracktion.hideAutomationOnTracks (tracks );

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// Hide all automation
var tracks = Tracktion.getEditElements ('track');
Tracktion.hideAutomationOnTracks (tracks );

created after my suggestions in 2015