Coalescing clip gain to track-based volume automation will result in:

Coalescing clip gain to track-based volume automation will result in:

• A. Overwriting all existing volume automation with your clip gain information.
• B. Overwriting all existing clip gain information with your volume automation.
• C. The summing of your clip gain information and any existing volume automation into a volume automation playlist containing the result.
• D. No change in automation.

Answer: (C)

When you coalesce clip gain into track-based volume automation, Pro Tools combines the two gain sources into a single value by summing them. This creates a new volume automation playlist that contains the result of adding the clip gain to the existing track automation at every point. For example, if a clip has +3 dB of clip gain and the track’s volume automation at a moment is -2 dB, after coalescing that moment’s value becomes +1 dB on the resulting automation playlist. You’re not overwriting one source with the other; you’re printing the combined effect into a dedicated automation lane. This behavior is why the correct choice reflects the summing into a volume automation playlist containing the result. The other options describe overwriting or no change, which isn’t what coalescing does.

When you coalesce clip gain into track-based volume automation, Pro Tools combines the two gain sources into a single value by summing them. This creates a new volume automation playlist that contains the result of adding the clip gain to the existing track automation at every point.

For example, if a clip has +3 dB of clip gain and the track’s volume automation at a moment is -2 dB, after coalescing that moment’s value becomes +1 dB on the resulting automation playlist. You’re not overwriting one source with the other; you’re printing the combined effect into a dedicated automation lane.

This behavior is why the correct choice reflects the summing into a volume automation playlist containing the result. The other options describe overwriting or no change, which isn’t what coalescing does.