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The Arrange Zone
puter Overload indicator lights up, you get crackling
sounds, etc.). In this case you should consider freezing the
instrument track. This is also useful for sounds that use a
lot of RAM, e.g. for pre-loading samples. By freezing the
instrument track, the RAM becomes available for other
processes or plug-ins, etc.
This is how it works:
• When you freeze an instrument track, the program ren-
ders an audio file of the instrument track output (taking into
account all unmuted instrument parts on that track). This
file is placed in the “Freeze” folder within the Project folder.
• The frozen instrument track is locked for editing in the
Arrange Zone.
Frozen instrument settings and track effects cannot be edited, added or
or removed.
• When you start playback, the rendered audio file is
played back from an “invisible” audio track, routed to the
instrument track’s mixer channel. Thus, any effects, EQ or
mixing automation will still be applied.
The result of the Freeze is that you get exactly the same
sound as before, but the computer doesn’t have to calcu-
late the sound of the instrument track in real time.
The instrument track freeze function is available in the
track controls section.
1. Set up the instrument track so that it plays back the
way you want it to.
This includes making parameter settings in the Instrument tab of the
Track Inspector Page.
2. Click the Freeze button in the track controls section.
You will still be able to edit, replace or remove event effects on the In-
strument track channel after the Freeze, but you will not be able to
change the settings on the Instrument tab.
3. A progress dialog is shown while the program renders
the Instrument track to an audio file on your hard disk.
The Freeze button lights up and the instrument parts on the frozen track
are locked and cannot be moved.
4. Play back the project.
You will hear exactly the same sound as before freezing the instrument
track – but the CPU load will be considerably less!
• Any track effects and instrument settings for the Instru-
ment track are frozen. However, you can always adjust
Global and Output Effects, level, pan, and EQ for frozen
Instrument tracks.
If you need to make adjustments (either to the Instrument
tracks or to the Instrument settings on the Instrument tab in
the Track Inspector Page) you need to unfreeze the instru-
ment track by clicking the Freeze button again. The instru-
ment track and the Instrument settings are restored and the
rendered “freeze file” is deleted.
Color Selector
You can change the track color by clicking on the Color
Selector button and choosing a color from the Color pal-
ette that appears. All events and parts on that track will
change their color accordingly. Note that you can also
change the color on the Mixer Page, see “Setting the
color” on page 61.