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Old 05-19-2019, 04:37 PM   #1
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Default Automation - disable "return to default"

Just completed my first commercial project with Reaper - I'm diggin it

One thing that eludes me - in standard automation Write mode, the envelope always "snaps" back to a default value as soon as you leave Write mode. In the Preferences there's an option to choose how long this "snap" will take (Editing Behavior --> Automation --> "Automation recording return speed").

...but I don't want it to return to any default, ever. If I move something, it's because I want it to stay there In every other DAW, engaging Write on a track with no existing data leaves the parameter at whatever value it was when you leave Write. (Unless there is already data there and you are doing a Touch/Punch etc).

I see how I can adjust the "return" speed, but no way to disable the "return" entirely. At the moment I'm deleting that additional unwanted point every time I record automation.

Any suggestions from the gurus are appreciated
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Old 02-03-2023, 09:01 PM   #2
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User mccrabney has made a few threads about this particular issue. You can see some of them here:

(Pasted from mccrabney's threads)
the most detailed post in tips/tricks: https://forums.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=252010
a bug report: https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=273056
another bug report, from 2017: https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=192204
a post in general: https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=254798
a feature request: https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=251752
a "why is this happening" thread: https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=190663
a post in newbieland: https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=274395

It is indeed very strange automation recording behavior. Just like you, I'm also deleting that additional point everytime I'm recording automation with a MIDI fader or knob and I certainly wish there was a way to simply disable that automation return altogether.
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Old 02-03-2023, 09:09 PM   #3
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Yes, we all want this fixed! You aren't doing anything wrong from what I understand.
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