How To Select Multiple Automation Points on an Audio Bus?

DET.MC wrote on 6/28/2025, 5:46 AM

Hello there!

Got a bit of an interesting problem here:

I'm using an audio bus with a reverb plugin (STRATUS) on it to do the reverb for a project I'm working on. Thing is, there are multiple scenes that require different reverb types (like a bathroom, a gym, etc.) so I thought I'd just use automation to switch between different presets in STRATUS.

Unfortunately, I've run into a little snag. Since there are so many automation points on the audio bus, it's quite tedious if I have to delete a whole lot of them at once. I tried clicking and dragging with the envelope edit tool, holding shift while doing it, holding alt while doing it, and I just can't seem to select multiple audio points at once.

Is there like a key I can hold or something I need to enable in settings to do this? Envelop points on the main bus are OK to be manipulated, but the audio bus automation points won't let me to do an drag-selecting over them. I can only select them one at a time.

I know I can just insert a million different audio buses all with different reverbs and just mute them when they are not needed, but I was thinking that just using automation would be a bit easier logistically if I had to do this again for a movie-length project, as opposed to scrolling down to bus 37 and muting it after only using it once.

I'm attaching a photo showcasing the audio bus and automation points (as well as the envelop edit tool being selected.)

I'm using VEGAS 22 (Build 250).

Thanks!

Comments

Dexcon wrote on 6/28/2025, 6:51 AM

While my projects audio-wise re nodes on audio envelopes are nowhere near as complicated as yours, I've not found over years of using manually created nodes on audio envelopes on multiple tracks to make 'group' changes to audio nodes either vertically or horizontally (ignoring the use of rippling as that very likely will have unintended and unwanted consequences further down the timeline) - I've always had to make changes manually per node.

If there is a way to change audio nodes as a group, I will be most grateful to learn about the method of how to do that.

rraud wrote on 6/28/2025, 1:48 PM

The envelope edit tool can do the usual cut/copy/paste processes, or if you select a region, the envelope points in the region and can raised or lowered as a group.

DET.MC wrote on 6/28/2025, 2:14 PM

The envelope edit tool can do the usual cut/copy/paste processes, or if you select a region, the envelope points in the region and can raised or lowered as a group.

That works on the main timeline, but it seemingly doesn't apply to FX automation envelopes on an audio bus.

I've attached a video file showcasing this.

In it, you'll see me select the envelope edit tool, go to the audio bus track and attempt to region select multiple automation points.

I've tried shift clicking and dragging, alt clicking and dragging, etc. Nothing.

Seems as though multi-select using the envelope edit tool doesn't apply to automation points on the audio bus.