I am trying to just vertically move a group of automation points that I have selected. For some reason they are moving in a scaled way, even if I use the top bar and manually adjust the value number. Why does it do this? How do I change this?
So take these points for example:
If I attempt to move them vertically, the point at the right end moves much faster than the points in the middle:
I do not want this behavior at all. I don’t know how to change it, and I don’t understand why it would ever be that way. This is automation on the volume plugin for the gain parameter.
I tested another plugin parameter that is based on a percentage value, and it works like I would expect.
From what I understand this may have to do with gain being logarithmic and not linear. In editing automation, I do not want to have to take into account what type of value it is, the software should handle that for me, and convert appropriately (though I don’t know why it is doing any conversion because dB is a linear value when represented by data). It doesn’t even make sense for me to see scaled movements when editing, unless I was explicitly using a tool meant for that. When moving a fader yes, the perceived volume difference and spl level between -1db and -6db is significantly greater, but for editing automation points the perceived difference does not matter to me. I want linear behavior. I have never seen another DAW that works like this.
I’m tagging this as a feature request because what should have been a 3 second edit, took 20-30 minutes of research to understand, and resulted in no viable solution. I want fast tools. I switched from another DAW because I wanted a faster workflow. This is absolutely not faster. I have to manually move each of these points to get them where I want them or try to perfectly draw the automation line exactly where I want it the first time with a mouse. I want linear movement unless I explicitly tell the software otherwise with a modifier key or a specific tool. Tools should get out of the way of the intent of the user.
