How to see value automation changes on Maschine Plus?

davomanic

Hi, relatively new to M+, can't seem to be able to automate FX and upon playback see the correct up to date parameter values. I can hear the automation and the dot appearing indicating automation was written but the value number stays stagnant. What's also strange is the moment I press 'auto' the original value parameters switch to percentages. What's weird is I follow the online tutorial 100 percent and there you see the parameters move after automation was written, whereas I can only hear it and see the dot. What's going on, I would like to see the display update its values to the active automation?

D-One

People have been asking to be able see the Modulation parameter values for ages.. :(

What's also strange is the moment I press 'auto' the original value parameters switch to percentages.

It shows % because it's not Automation, it's Modulation, hence it's relative to the knobs current position, therefor not an absolute value; the percentage is: how much you moved the knob from it's initial/stagnant position.

Because it's Modulation you can change the 'stagnant' position after modulation is recorded and it all still works, think of it as 2 layers, the knob position and the % to which the mod moves it.

Regardless it would be way more usefull to show the actual values.

What's weird is I follow the online tutorial 100 percent and there you see the parameters move after automation was written

Link to the tutorial?

D-One

People have been asking to be able see the Modulation parameter values for ages.. :(

What's also strange is the moment I press 'auto' the original value parameters switch to percentages.

It shows % because it's not Automation, it's Modulation, hence it's relative to the knobs current position, therefor not an absolute value; the percentage is: how much you moved the knob from it's initial/stagnant position.

Because it's Modulation you can change the 'stagnant' position after modulation is recorded and it all still works, think of it as 2 layers, the knob position and the % to which the mod moves it.

Regardless it would be way more usefull to show the actual values.

What's weird is I follow the online tutorial 100 percent and there you see the parameters move after automation was written

Link to the tutorial?

LostInFoundation

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/103974#Comment_103974

Quite a good explanation of the difference between Automation and Modulation. And made in a couple of sentences 👍🏼

davomanic

Great explanation, thought I was doing something wrong. Gonna use daw for serious automation then. For some visual feedback best workaround is probably to use stepmode.

Link to the tutorial?

My bad, was NI's own tutorial but when paying extra attention watching it again the only time the original value changed was when he didn't push auto.