Writing Automation with Sliders

Cubase
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Hi everyone,
I have been using Cubase 7.5 since its release and just upgraded to Cubase 9 today. I’m having an issue I’d never previously experienced and I don’t know if there’s a setting I can’t find or what…?

When I try to use an external controller (Mackie MCU pro) to write automation to a track’s volume, Cubase 9 seems to just kind of generalize where the fades are and discards the details. When it’s writing, you can see a whole lot of handles being produced on the line, but as soon as the control slider is released, all of the finer details of what I wrote go away and are just sorta averaged out into only a few points. For example, if I were to record a well-rounded bell curve, once I release the slider it turns into more like a pyramid or few-sided polygon.

I realize that it will simplify it to some degree, but how it is right now is very noticeably writing in lesser detail than Cubase 7.5, or even 4 or SX. Surely there’s got to be some setting with this, small details in the slider can often matter greatly and I can’t imagine that they would keep a version that would diminish that flexibility.

I hope I’m explaining this well enough, I’m finding it difficult to describe my issue. Thanks in advance to anyone who has any advice for me on this.

Thanks,
Brent

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If you open the Automation Panel and click on the cog icon at the bottom left corner, there is a setting called ‘Reduction Level’. You can change this setting to allow your automation to be recorded in more detail.

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Aha, I was wondering where that was the other day - thanks!

Project->AutomationPanel to show the panel btw. The value seems to be in percent, or at least goes from 0 to 100. But, I notice that even on 0 it still removes some of the automation points.

Mike.