2.17 Exercises 99 The latter can be achieved in three different ways: by recording automation data through a control surface, though the movement of the mouse, or through the insertion of data in one of the editors. Once the data are inserted, they can be edited either graphically or through the list editor. The same principles for the editing of MIDI data are applicable to automation data. Practical applications of automation include fades (in and out), crescendos and decrescendos, simulation of attack and release of acoustic instruments such as strings, woodwind and brass, and more creative applications, such as creative panning and mute. In this chapter you learned the basic methods that constitute the building blocks for more advanced sequencing techniques. If you think what you learned was exciting, wait until you read the next few chapters, where we will experience more detailed and advanced sequencing tools. 2.17 exerCISeS Exercise 2.1 Set up a sequence with the following features: a. Fourteen MIDI tracks b. Five audio tracks c. Instrumentation for MIDI tracks: violins, violas, cellos, basses, drums (with one track each for bass drum,