Specifications

Chapter 8: Tracks 101
Solo Button
The Solo button mutes other tracks so that the
chosen track can be auditioned alone. Normally
solos are latched, that is, pressing subsequent
solo buttons adds them to the soloed mix of
tracks. Pro Tools lets you unlatch solos, so that
pressing an additional Solo button un-solos any
previously soloed 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
buttons for both tracks are highlighted and all
other tracks are muted.
To un-solo tracks:
■ Click the Solo button on soloed tracks.
To unlatch solo buttons:
1 Choose Setups > Preferences and click Opera-
tion.
2 Deselect the Latch Solo Buttons option and
click Done. With this option disabled, pressing
an additional Solo button un-solos any previ-
ously soloed tracks.
Solo Safe Mode
Pro Tools also allows you to 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 re-
turns, allowing the audio or effects track to re-
main in a mix even when other tracks are so-
loed. 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
(Macintosh) the Solo button on the track. This
prevents 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
(Macintosh) the Solo button on the track again.
Mute Button
The Mute button silences a chosen track. More
than one track can be muted at one time. If Op-
erations > Mute Frees Assigned Voice (TDM sys-
tems only) is enabled, muting a track will allo-
cate its voice to the next highest priority
voiceable track (assigned to the same voice).
To mute a track:
■ Click the Mute button on the track. The track
is grayed-out and muted.
To unmute a track:
■ Click the Mute button again.