Instruction Manual

1216 Beginner’s Guide to Cakewalk Software
Audio
Track-by-Track Playback
You can change a track’s volume by dragging its volume fader (see picture
below). You can silence a track by clicking its Mute button (any button you
click lights up when it’s enabled). You can also silence all other tracks
besides one if you click a track’s Solo button. You can click either of these
buttons while a project is playing, and you can mute or solo as many tracks
as you want. You can also silence a track by archiving it, but you have to
stop playback to archive or un-archive a track. To archive or un-archive a
track, click the track’s number to select it, and use the Tracks-Archive
command. Archiving a track removes its data from your computer’s
memory (RAM), freeing up more memory for other tracks that you may be
working on.
The following table summarizes muting, soloing, and archiving:
Track status... What it means...
Normal The track plays unless one or more of your other
tracks is soloed.
Muted The track is not played, but you can turn it on while
playback is in progress.
Archived The track is not played, and you must stop playback
to re-enable it. Archived tracks do not tax your CPU
during playback so they can be used to store
alternate takes.
Mute button Solo button Arm button
Archived track
Track volume fader—
drag left or right to
change