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Pro Tools Reference Guide60
Soloing and Muting Tracks
The Solo and Mute buttons can be engaged
at any time during playback.
The Solo and Mute buttons affect MIDI as
well as audio tracks. It is possible to have
more than one track soloed or muted at the
same time in a session.
Grouping affects mute and solo behavior as
well. Normally, muting or soloing a track
that is a member of an active mix group
will mute or solo all other tracks that are a
member of that active mix group as well.
However, by changing the Mute and Solo
settings in the Pro Tools Preferences dialog,
you can disable this behavior.
To disable group muting of tracks:
1 Choose Setups > Preferences, and click
Automation.
2 Deselect the Mutes Follow Mix Groups
option, and click OK.
With this option deselected, muting a track
that is a member of an active group does
not affect other members of the group.
To disable group soloing of tracks:
1 Choose Setups > Preferences, and click
Automation.
2 Deselect the Solos Follow Mix Groups op-
tion, and click OK.
With this option deselected, soloing a track
that is a member of an active group does
not affect other members of the group.
Mute Frees Voice and Mute Lag
Time
If you select Operations > Mute Frees Voice,
a muted track’s voice will be allocated to
the next highest priority track assigned to
the same voice. With this option enabled,
there may be a delay (ranging in length
from one to several seconds depending on
the processing power of your system) be-
tween the time you mute or unmute a track
and when you hear the effect on playback.
To avoid this delay, make sure that the
Mute Frees Voice option is disabled. An-
other factor than can cause delays is your
DAE Playback Buffer Size setting. Playback
Buffer Size is set from DAE’s File menu
(Macintosh), or by choosing Setups > DAE
Buffer Size (Windows). The larger the play-
back buffer you choose, the longer the po-
tential lag time between the time you click
the Mute button and the onset of muting.
Solo Button
The solo button mutes other tracks so that
the chosen track can be auditioned alone.
Normally solos are “latched,” that is, press-
ing subsequent solo buttons adds them to
the soloed mix of tracks. Pro Tools allows
you to “unlatch” solos, so that pressing a
solo will mute all tracks except the track
you have just soloed.