Automation in Lyric Pad is the scrolling of the lyrics up the screen. There are several ways this can be achieved:
Non-scripted automation is the most basic form of automation. With this form of automation Lyric Pad will start scrolling the lyrics after a preset delay (Non-Script Delay option) and will scroll at a preset speed (Automation Scroll Speed option).
The scroll speed can be set for a particular file by placing the @!speed tag in the lyric file and this will override the default setting.
Non-script automation will only occur if all of the following are true:
Intelligent Non-Scripted Automation is the next step above its basic counter-part. It uses the duration of the song (from the @!duration tag) to determine the optimal time to commence automation and the best scrolling speed. This mode also takes into account your screen size and font size to determine the best timing to commence scrolling.
The @!speed tag will be ignored if Intelligent Non-Scripted Automation is active
Non-script automation will only occur if all of the following are true:
Scripted automation is the most time consuming method to set up for a lyric file but allows you to start and stop automation at various times through-out the song. Scripted automation uses the script tags @!xx (where xx is the time in seconds) to determine when to commence scrolling.
eg. If a tag of @!20 is on line 35 of a lyric file then after 20 seconds Lyric Pad will commence scrolling until line 35 is at the top of the display and will then pause.
You can then have another script tag further down in the file as another automation event.
It should be noted that if the first tag automation has not reached its destination and another tag is activated then the second tag will tag priority and no pause will occur.
Scripted Automation uses the default speed however the scroll speed can be set for a particular file by placing the @!speed tag in the lyric file and this will override the default setting.
Scripted automation will only occur if all of the following are true: