DigiDesign Digidesign Pro Tools 8.0, Reference Manual

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Chapter 11: Tracks 189
Soloing and Muting Tracks
The Solo and Mute buttons can be engaged at
any time during playback. The Solo and Mute
buttons affect MIDI as well as audio tracks. It is
possible to have more than one track soloed or
muted at the same time in a session.
Track grouping also affects mute and solo be-
havior. Muting or soloing a track that is a mem-
ber of an active Mix Group will mute or solo all
other tracks that are a member of that active Mix
Group as well.
Solo Button
The Solo button normally mutes other tracks so
that the selected track can be auditioned inde-
pendently.
With Pro Tools HD, this behavior is selected as a
Solo mode, called “Solo In Place.” Additional
Solo modes are provided to change how the Solo
button works. See
“Solo Modes” on page 189.
To solo tracks:
1
Click the Solo button on a track. The button is
highlighted and all other tracks are muted.
2
Click the Solo button on another track. The
buttons for both tracks are highlighted and all
other tracks are muted.
To un-solo tracks:
„
Click the Solo button on soloed tracks.
Solo Modes
(Pro Tools HD Only)
With Pro Tools HD, the Solo button can be used
to:
• Mute other tracks so that the selected track
can be auditioned alone.
– or –
• Route a selected track to a separate output.
Solo button behavior is defined by the Solo
mode, as follows:
SIP (Solo In Place)
The Solo button mutes other
tracks. When this mode is enabled, tracks can be
solo safed (see “Solo Safe Mode” on page 191).
AFL (After Fader Listen)
The Solo button routes
the track’s post-fader/post-pan signal to the
AFL/PFL Path output. The AFL/PFL Path is con-
figured in the Output page of the I/O Setup dia-
log (see “AFL/PFL Path” on page 76).
With AFL, the level you hear is dependent on
the fader level for that track. Additionally, there
is a separate master level setting for AFL that af-
fects the output of any or all tracks you solo in
AFL mode (see “AFL/PFL Path” on page 76). This
level setting is independent of the PFL level set-
ting.
PFL (Pre Fader Listen)
The Solo button routes
the track’s pre-fader/pre-pan signal to the
AFL/PFL Path output. The AFL/PFL Path is con-
figured in the Output page of the I/O Setup dia-
log (see “AFL/PFL Path” on page 76).
Instrument tracks have separate sets of Solo
and Mute buttons for MIDI and audio mon-
itoring.
For information on creating and modifying
groups for track soloing and muting, see
“Grouping Tracks” on page 197.
AFL and PFL Solo modes require the Sur-
round Mixer plug-in (see the Pro Tools|HD
Setup Guide).