[Ardour-Users] Moving automation

[Paul Davis]

On Sat, 2007-12-29 at 02:54 +0100, Wolfgang Woehl wrote:
> Donnerstag, 27. Dezember 2007 Atte André Jensen:
> > Hi
> >
> > I have a project with lots of automation, and now I need to insert 8
> > bars in the very beginning. Normally I select-all and move 8 bars, but
> > the automations stay where they were. How do I move them accordingly?
> 
> Unfortunately in ardour automation is not tied to regions' movements. I 
> remember a brief discussion about this where someone even thought this was a 
> good thing. It obviously isn't. Automation should move along. Hey, feature 
> request :)
> 
> There is a workaround from the unmentionables section:
> 
> Edit the automation files and add
> 	((samplerate * counter * 60) / bpm) * bars
> to every automation point. By hand. That should be fun.

alternatively, ctrl-click the first point and slide it. all others will
follow.