Specifications

Pro Tools Reference Guide102
Mute Frees Assigned Voice
(TDM Systems Only)
Selecting Operations > 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.
To avoid this delay, make sure that the Mute
Frees Assigned Voice option is disabled. Another
factor that can cause delays is your DAE Play-
back Buffer Size setting. Playback Buffer Size is
set in the Playback Engine dialog. The larger the
playback buffer you choose, the longer the po-
tential lag time between the time you click the
Mute button and the onset of muting.
Making Tracks Inactive
(All TDM Systems and Pro Tools LE 6.x Only)
Audio, Auxiliary Input, and Master Fader 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 (Macintosh) the Track Type Indi-
cator in the Mix window.
Playlists for inactive tracks are dimmed and
track controls are grayed out.
To make one or more tracks inactive:
1 Click the name of the track (in its track chan-
nel strip) to select it.
2 Choose File > Make Selected Tracks Inactive.
Adjusting Track Width
Mix Window
The Narrow Mix Window command allows you
to view all tracks/channels in the Mix window
at a reduced width to conserve screen space in a
large session. (See “Track Height” on page 210,
to adjust track height in the Edit Window.)
To reduce the width of tracks in the Mix window:
■ Select Display > Narrow Mix Window.
To display tracks at normal width:
■ Deselect Display > Narrow Mix Window.
Muting a track with Mute Frees Assigned
Voice enabled does not free up the voice for
QuickPunch recording.
MIDI tracks cannot be made inactive.
Toggling a track active/inactive
To select multiple tracks, Shift-click addi-
tional track names.
You can toggle track width by pressing Con-
trol-Alt+M (Windows) or Command+Op-
tion+M (Macintosh).
Track Type Indicator