Reference Guide

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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.
A. Track volume fader—drag left or right to change B. Mute button C. Solo button D. Arm button E. Archived
track
The following table summarizes muting, soloing, and archiving:
If a track is both muted and soloed, it does not play. Mute has precedence.
For more information, see:
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.
Soloed Only those tracks that are designated as solo tracks are played; all others are
muted.
Table 225.
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B
C D
E