Specifications

Chapter 13: Tracks 251
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 behav-
ior. Muting or soloing a track that is a member of
an active Mix Group will mute or solo all other
tracks that are a member of that active Mix Group
as well.
Soloing Tracks
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 but-
tons for both tracks are highlighted and all other
tracks are muted.
To un-solo tracks:
 Click the Solo button on soloed tracks.
Solo Button
The Solo button normally mutes other tracks so
that the selected track can be auditioned indepen-
dently.
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 251.
Solo Modes
(Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools with Complete
Production Toolkit Only)
With Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools with Complete
Production Toolkit, the Solo button can be used to:
• Mute other tracks so that the selected track can
be auditioned alone.
• 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 253).
AFL (After Fader Listen) (Pro Tools HD with
Avid HDX, Pro Tools|HD, or HD Native Hardware
only)
The Solo button routes the track’s post-
fader/post-pan signal to the AFL/PFL Path output.
The AFL/PFL Path is configured in the Output
page of the I/O Setup dialog (see “AFL/PFL Path”
on page 98).
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 affects
the output of any or all tracks you solo in AFL
mode (see “AFL/PFL Path” on page 98). This
level setting is independent of the PFL level
setting.
Instrument tracks have separate sets of
Solo and Mute buttons for MIDI and audio
monitoring.
For information on creating and modifying
groups for track soloing and muting, see
“Grouping Tracks” on page 259.