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<h2 id="examples">Examples</h2> <h3>Multitrack audio software</h3> <p>In modern DAWs every parameter that exists can usually be automatized, be it settings for a track's volume, applied filters or a <a href="/facts/Software_synthesizer/1dale4sj">software synthesizer</a>. Example automations in this context include: </p> <ul><li>The volume of a track can sometimes or constantly change (fade-in/out/over)</li> <li>The panning of a sound might change</li> <li>A filter sweep (more or less intensive filter, or the frequency limits might change)</li></ul> <p>To achieve automation, either the user turns some knobs or <a href="/facts/Fade_(audio_engineering)/d9jlcTa2">faders</a> on a <a href="/facts/MIDI_controller/UEc2I36l">physical controller</a> connected to the computer or the user can set <a href="/facts/Key_frame/SeHhpINL">key frames</a> with the mouse, between which the computer <a href="/facts/Interpolates/8PyetX4f">interpolates</a>, or the user can draw entire data curves.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> </p> <h3>Animation software</h3> <p>The user sets some keyframes for i.e. position/rotation/size of an object or the position/angle/focus of a camera, and this movement data can be altered over time. </p> <h3>Video editing software</h3> <p>Blending between 2 clips. The track automation curve affects how one image changes into the other, be it slow/fast with/without acceleration, maybe even back and forth if one uses a <a href="/facts/Sinus_(anatomy)/TdjefDG0">Sinus</a>-like wave. </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Control_voltage/UE97WhJC">Control voltage</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/MIDI/tblhmeFV">MIDI</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Data Curve PDF" (PDF). the-curve.org. <a href="https://the-curve.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Data-Curve-1.pdf" target="_blank">https://the-curve.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Data-Curve-1.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>