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The Arrange Zone
Track controls
Each track includes a set of track controls. These are de-
scribed next.
Mute
Mute will stop all output from any track that it is activated
on.
To mute a track, you have the following possibilities:
• Activate the “Mute” button.
• Select the track you wish to mute and press [M] on your
computer keyboard.
Solo
Solo will stop all output from any track other than the one
with Solo activated on it.
To solo a track, you have the following possibilities:
• Activate the “Solo” button.
• Select the track you wish to solo and press [S] on your
computer keyboard.
Record Ready
Record Ready will enable recording on the respective
track. You can record on up to 8 tracks at once.
To enable recording, you have the following possibilities:
• Activate the Record Ready button.
• Select the track you wish to record on and press [R] on
your computer keyboard – this toggles Record Ready on
and off.
Freezing Audio tracks
Effect plug-ins (see “Effects reference” on page 99) can
sometimes require a lot of processor power. If you are using
a large number of track effects, you may eventually reach a
point where the computer cannot play back the track prop-
erly (the Computer Overload indicator lights up, you get
crackling sounds, etc.).
To remedy this, you can freeze the track by clicking the
Freeze button in the Inspector.
The Freeze button is activated for this track.
• The program now renders the output of the track, in-
cluding all track effects, to an audio file.
This file is placed in the Freeze folder within the project folder.
• The frozen track is locked for editing in the Arrange
Zone.
Frozen track effects cannot be edited, added or removed.
• On playback, the rendered audio file is played back.
You can still adjust the level and panning, make EQ set-
tings and adjust the Global and Output Effects.
After freezing, you hear the track play back as before but
the track effects don’t have to be calculated in real time,
easing the load on the computer processor. Typically, you
would freeze a track when it’s finished and you don’t need
to edit it anymore.
If you need to edit the events on a frozen track or make set-
tings for the track effects, you can unfreeze the track by
clicking the corresponding Freeze button again. This reacti-
vates the frozen track effects and the freeze files will disap-
pear. After editing you can freeze the track again.
Freezing instrument tracks
Instrument track presets may require a lot of processor
power. If you are using a moderately powerful computer or
if you are using a large number of instrument tracks, you
may come to a point where your computer cannot handle
all instrument tracks playing back in real time (the Com-
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Click on the button “Large Tracks” to display all
available track controls.
Mute
Solo
Record Ready