I added a lot of reverb to a bass drum part in the beginning of a song, but in the next part I wanted to turn that off. With the write function on, I pressed the bypass and then put back when it came to the next part where I wanted it. There was no change. I though maybe there is some automation already there and I wanted to start over. How do I delete any automation on the track?
Right-click on the automation lane with the send data on it and delete all automation. If you canât see the automation lane press F6 (automation panel) and click on âShow Usedâ
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Select the automation lane and right click, choose Remove selected track.
He is on C13, it is a bit different. The command âremove all automation dataâ doesnât exist.
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Cheers, I didnât notice that the OP is on C13 although it clearly says so in the tag 
As far as I remember, I have always used this sequence, no matter the Cubase version :
- Automation lane selection (header)
- Shift+A
- Del
But this works only for one automation lane. To reset all the existing lanes of a given track, as @Reco29 has suggested it, there is the Automation Panel > âź (dropdown menu) > Delete Automation of Selected Tracks command - existing in C15 and also in C13, if I remember well. The nice thing is that there is a key command for it (in the Automation section), which makes it rather practical to use.
In C13 there is no menu entry for âremove all automation dataâ.
At least I couldnât find it.
But the method with the lanes works well on the last iterations of Cubase.
Iâve clicked on the automation track and it just shows volume. I delete and look and it still has RW. I use F6 to show automation and click âshow usedâ and nothing more appears. I donât see reverb as a choice either. So then I manually added off and on to as shown and donât see the reverb turn off. Nor when I went to its own RW buttons.
Also I am wondering, as I followed a basic automation Cubase video, why I donât see this fader as he shows.
Wow. Why I have to spend hours trying to do what seems the simplest thing. I go to the reverb, click on its W and start the song and press the button to activate the reverb. I get to the next section and press bypass, again further on when I want it, put back on.
then go to the beginning, just click R without the W and play and no changes. Seems most basic but it doesnât happen. I have to give up and go to some other project now.
Not sure that you read my post carefully enough. I was talking about this one :
If there is no automation data, there is nothing to show and removing automation doesnât mean remove the automation lane that contains it. Beside this, I see an Input Filter - Bypass, as parameter with data in it. Are you talking about this one ?
Could you give us a link to the âbasic automation Cubase videoâ ? This, because iâm not sure of what you are talking about.
Again, it would help to see your actual automation lane, because by doing what follows, I get exactly what you seem to expect :
- I add an automation lane.
- In the Select Parameter dropdown list of its header, I choose MoreâŚ
- I select the following parameter, which is the one that allows to enable/disable a reverb send :
- I click on the W button of the involved automation lane header, start the playback with Space and click several time on the âparameterâ button, just on the right of the parameters dropdown list. I get this :
- I stop the playback, deactivate the W button and launch the playback again. I get this :
The send is turned off or on during the playback, following exactly the automation line recorded previously. So, maybe I didnât get your issue, but it seems that everything is working as expected, here.
Cubase Pro 13.0.55 / Windows 10 22H2
Maybe you donât know how to do it the right way?
Iâm not really sure what you are doingâŚ
Yeah, I have the same impression.
I have tried several ways to have the reverb on in some parts of a song and bypassed in others. It seems a simple thing. Put write on for the channel and turn on or off at different positions in the song. I have done so and when it then reads in playback there are no changes, it either stays on or stays off depending on where it was last set.
What you mean with Reverb on/off?
Channel Mute? Can you show a screen shot?
I am not sure if this is the same video, but it shows the same fader to the left that I donât have, regarding setting automation. Link What is Automation and How to Use It | Music Production For Beginners - YouTube Regarding what am I trying to do, I am trying apply and then bypass the reverb with write automation, so that one part has automation and another doesnât. I donât know why when I apply on and off with write on, it doesnât read the changes on playback.
Cubic 13, this was useful, It was a little different for me as my reverb was insert, not send. I wound up lowering and raising the amount from all to none, rather than bypassing. Iâd need a cell phone to show the reverb with its WR button and bypass, as it disappears when I use the snipping tool. Writing and reading the bypass didnât seem to work for me but raising and lowering had about the same effect. I could have intermediate also.
How? Is the Reverb an insert?
Why do you try to automate plugin on/off? That takes the plugin out of the signal flow and triggers delay compensation to recalculate.
Thatâs why it is not automatable. Or do you talk about bypass?
It should come back to front if you move the mouse over Cubase, if not, try to use the key command for snipping. Windows+Shift+S
Yes it was an insert and I was trying to automate bypass. But now a video by Don just popped up about how in most cases it is better to use send instead of insert for vocal. Maybe applies in this Bass drum situation to and I will try to see the difference.
I just tried again with RoomWorks as insert and using the RoomWorks - Bypass parameter, this time : no issue either, with the same repro.
But Iâm not sure that I got the actual issue with the Windows snipping tool : no disappearance of any kind, on my end, but yes, I have to click on Cubase to activate its UI, once the screenshot done. This said, I never use it, I admit, so iâm not at ease with it, all my screenshots being done in an antiquated way with the Print Screen key and adjusted within Paint.Net.