Specifications

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When AFL or PFL is selected as a Solo mode and
a track is soloed, the main output path will mute
and the AFL/PFL signal will appear at the
AFL/PFL Path for monitoring.
Solo Latch Options
Solos can be latched (where pressing subsequent
buttons adds them to the soloed mix of tracks), un-
latched, or temporarily latched (Pro Tools HD and
Pro Tools with Complete Production Toolkit
only).
To select a Solo Latch mode:
 Choose Options > Solo Mode and select from
the following options:
Latch When selected, pressing subsequent Solo
buttons adds them to the soloed mix of tracks.
X–OR (Cancels Previous Solos) When selected,
pressing subsequent Solo buttons cancels previous
solos.
Momentary (Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools with
Complete Production Toolkit Only)
When se-
lected, Solo buttons are not sticky. A track is so-
loed only when its Solo switch is held down.
With a qualified control surface, additional tracks
can be soloed by pressing their SOLO switches (as
long as at least one Solo button is held down).
When no SOLO switch is held down, all soloed
tracks will unsolo.
Temporarily Latching Solos in Momentary
Solo Mode
(Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools with Complete
Production Toolkit Only)
To temporarily latch solos:
1 Choose Options > Solo Mode > Momentary.
2 Press the Solo button on the first track that will
be soloed.
3 While holding the first Solo button, press addi-
tional Solo buttons. Solo buttons remain soloed
as long as one Solo button is held.
Solo Safe Mode
Pro Tools lets you solo safe a track. This prevents
the track from being muted even if you solo other
tracks. This feature is useful for tracks such as
Auxiliary Inputs that are being used as a submix of
audio tracks, or effects returns, allowing the audio
or effects track to remain in a mix even when other
tracks are soloed. It is also useful to solo safe MIDI
tracks so that their playback is not affected when
you solo audio tracks.
To solo safe a track:
 Control-click (Windows) or Command-click
(Mac) the Solo button on the track. This pre-
vents the track from being muted even if you
solo other tracks. The Solo button changes to a
transparent color in Solo Safe mode.
To return a solo safe track to normal:
 Control-click (Windows) or Command-click
(Mac) the Solo button on the track again.
To override X–OR mode and solo more than
one track at a time, hold the Solo button on
the first track. Subsequently pressed Solo but-
tons will latch.
As long as at least one Solo button is held, all
the solos will remain latched.
AFL or PFL soloed tracks (Pro Tools HD
only) cannot be solo safed.