Reference Guide

202 Controlling playback
Track-by-track playback
Solo Override
When you enable Solo Override on a track or bus, that track/bus will never be muted as a result of
soloing any other track/bus.
This is a very useful feature when you want to always hear a particular track regardless of which
other tracks are soloed. For example, you may want to always hear the vocal track while you solo
other instrument tracks. This can be accomplished easily by using Exclusive Solo mode (see
“Exclusive Solo mode” on page 201) and enabling Solo Override on the vocal track.
To enable/disable Solo Override
• Hold down the SHIFT key and click a track’s or bus’ Solo button .
The Solo button is displayed as to indicate that Solo Override is enabled. Solo Override
prevents the track or bus from being muted when other tracks or buses are soloed.
See:
“Soloing tracks” on page 198
“Dim Solo mode” on page 200
“Exclusive Solo mode” on page 201
Inverting the phase of a track
A waveform’s exact opposite is called an inversion. It is a shift of 180 degrees. A waveform and its
inversion cancel each other out completely, so it is usually not desirable to have two track recordings
of the same source if one is phase inverted. It can lead to reduced volume, lowered or distorted
response in certain frequencies, or even silence in the case of two tracks which are exactly identical
(i.e. cloned tracks).
Occasionally, for example when recording a source using two microphones, one of the microphones
may be recording an inversion of the other, the resulting tracks may, to some degree, be cancelling
each other out. SONAR allows you to invert the phase of a track to match another.
Note: Mute always takes precedence over Solo. A track or bus can still be muted even if Solo
Override is enabled.