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• To hear more than 16 tracks at once, you must mix down some of them to a maximum
of 16. For more information, see “Mixing Down Audio Tracks” on page 795.
• By default, all monitored audio tracks are selected for scrubbing. To isolate specific
audio tracks for scrubbing, see “Soloing Audio Tracks” on page 744.
• By default, Direct Out maps all audio tracks in numerical sequence to existing output
channels.
• You can customize the output of audio tracks, as described in “Setting Audio Output
Options” on page 1005.
Advantages of Solo Monitoring
When editing, you can isolate individual video or audio tracks for monitoring without
having to deselect monitoring of all other tracks.
Solo monitoring provides several advantages:
• You can eliminate slow cueing and playback when working with a complex sequence by
monitoring a specific track.
• You can view any individual layer of a composited effect.
• You can isolate an individual audio track with a single mouse click (without manually
deselecting the other audio tracks).
• You can isolate audio tracks for audio scrubbing without having to deselect monitoring
of all other audio tracks.
Monitoring and Soloing Tracks
The Track Monitor buttons allow you to choose which tracks to monitor in the Source
monitor, the Record monitor, and the speakers. You can monitor a single track or monitor
multiple tracks at the same time. You can also isolate, or solo, an individual track for
monitoring without having to deselect other tracks.
For more information on monitoring video and audio tracks, and on the benefits of solo
monitoring, see “Understanding Track Monitoring” on page 687.
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You cannot monitor or solo a data (D) track.
To activate or deactivate monitoring for a track:
t Click the Track Monitor button for the track on either the source-side or the record-side.