M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio - Manual (Page 210)

Pro Tools Reference Guide 192
Mute Frees Assigned Voice
(Pro Tools HD Only)
Selecting Options > Mute Frees Assigned Voice
and muting a track disables playback of that
track, and surrenders control of its voice to the
next highest priority track with the same voice
assignment.
With this option enabled, there may be a delay
(ranging in length from one to several seconds
depending on the processing power of your sys-
tem) between the time you mute or unmute a
track and when you hear the effect on playback.
MIDI Mute
The Mute button on a MIDI track mutes MIDI
data, not audio. Muting MIDI results in no MIDI
data being passed to the MIDI output. On In-
strument tracks, the track’s Mute button mutes
the audio signal and the MIDI Mute button is
only available in Instruments view.
Making Tracks Inactive
Audio, Auxiliary Input, Master Fader, VCA Mas-
ter (Pro Tools HD only), and Instrument tracks
can be made inactive. Inactive tracks use no DSP
or voices. Plug-ins, sends, voices, and automa-
tion on inactive tracks are all disabled. Tracks
may also be automatically made inactive if a ses-
sion is opened on a system with less DSP power
than the system that it was created on.
To toggle a track active/inactive:
„
Control-Start-click (Windows) or Command-
Control-click (Mac) the Track Type indicator in
the Mix window.
Playlists for inactive tracks are dimmed and
track controls are grayed out.
To make one or more tracks inactive or active, do
one of the following:
„ Select the track and select Track > Make Inac-
tive/Active .
– or –
„ Right-click the Track Name in the Track List,
or Mix or Edit windows and choose Make Inac-
tive/Active
.
Muting a track with Mute Frees Assigned
Voice enabled does not free up the voice for
QuickPunch, TrackPunch, or Destructive-
Punch recording.
Larger DAE Playback Buffer Sizes can also
increase the time between clicking the Mute
button and the onset of muting. See “DAE
Playback Buffer Size” on page 48.
Instruments view, Mix window
MIDI Mute button
MIDI tracks cannot be made inactive.
To select multiple tracks, Control-click
(Windows) or Command-click (Mac) addi-
tional Track Names.
To select a range of tracks, Shift-click the
Track Names bounding the range of tracks
you want selected.