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Clip Muting and Isolating (Clip Soloing)
Arranging and editing
Audition (Selection Playback)
Isolating (Clip Soloing)
Audition (Selection Playback)
The Transport > Audition command plays back only selected clips and/or time ranges.
To use the command, hold down the SHIFT key and then press the SPACEBAR. Only the selected
data plays back.
Isolating (Clip Soloing)
Isolating works by muting all the clips in a track in the same time region except the ones that you
want to hear. Just like clip muting, isolating has two styles:
• Default style. After you activate the Mute tool, you can CTRL-drag through time ranges to
isolate all or part of a clip. The default setting in the Mute tool drop-down menu produces this
behavior (you’ll see a checkmark next to Mute Time Ranges under Click+Drag Behavior). If you
want to temporarily switch to the Alternate style (see below), hold down the ALT key along with
the CTRL key, and click whole clips instead of dragging through regions.
• Alternate style. Use the Mute tool to isolate entire clips by CTRL-clicking clips instead of
dragging through time regions. You can choose this behavior by choosing Mute Entire Clips
under Click+Drag Behavior in the Mute tool drop-down menu. If you decide you want to
temporarily switch to the Default style, hold down the ALT key along with the CTRL key, and drag
through the regions you want isolated.
To Isolate a Region with the Default Style
1. Make sure that Mute Time Ranges under Click+Drag Behavior in the Mute tool drop-down
menu has a check mark.
2. Using the Mute tool, hold down the CTRL key and drag through the region of a clip or clips that
you want isolated (soloed).
Any overlapping regions become muted. To de-isolate the isolated region, release the CTRL key,
and drag through the upper half of any muted regions.
If you want to temporarily switch to the Alternate style of isolating (see procedure below), hold down
the ALT key along with the CTRL key, and click whole clips instead of dragging through regions.
To Isolate Clips with the Alternate Style
1. Choose Mute Entire Clips under Click+Drag Behavior in the Mute tool drop-down menu.
2. Using the Mute tool, hold down the CTRL key and click the clips that you want isolated.
Any overlapping clips become muted. To de-isolate the isolated clips, release the CTRL key, and
click any muted clips.
If you want to temporarily switch to the Default style of isolating, hold down the ALT key along with
the CTRL key, and drag through the regions you want isolated.