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# Controls and Automation

There are three separate control desks on the [WristPad](/firststage/basics/wristpad.md): 

* [**Lights**](/firststage/basics/controls-and-automation/lights.md)
* [**Audio**](/firststage/basics/controls-and-automation/audio.md)
* [**Stage Controls**](/firststage/basics/controls-and-automation/stage-machinery.md)

 Each of these provides control strips for each thing in the scene of the appropriate type.

## Automation

Each control can be automated allowing it to change during the scene. 

The **Record Arm** button must be enabled or changes to controls will be immediate and will not be recorded.

If you scrub to a point in time and set the control, the value will be recorded in an Automation activity on the [Timeline](/firststage/basics/working-with-time/timeline.md). The control value will be interpolated between key points.

You can also ride a control while the scene is recording to record a live track that matches events in the scene.