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Track-by-Track Playback
SONAR lets you play back any combination of tracks at one time by changing each
track’s status. You can control the status of each track with the individual controls
that are on every track, or with the global controls on the Playback State toolbar or
the Status bar that’s at the bottom of the SONAR window. For more information on
the Status bar, see “Status Bar/CPU Meter/Disk Meter” on page 639. For more
information on the Playback State toolbar, see “The Playback State Toolbar” on
page 125.
There are several different status settings for each track:
While playback is in progress, you can mute and unmute tracks in any
combination, which means you can hear only the tracks that you want. You can
change the status of a track in the Track view, the Console view, the Track menu,
the Playback State toolbar, or the Status bar.
If a track is both muted and soloed, it does not play. Mute has precedence.
Status... What it means...
Normal The track plays unless one or more of your
other tracks is soloed.
Muted The track is not played, but you can turn it
on while playback is in progress.
Archived The track is not played, and you must stop
playback to re-enable it. Archived tracks do
not tax your CPU during playback so they
can be used to store alternate takes.
Soloed Only those tracks that are designated as
solo tracks are played; all others are muted.
Armed The track is armed for recording.
Mono/Stereo The track plays back in either mono or
stereo, depending on what the individual
track setting is, and whether the Play in
Mono button in the Playback State toolbar is
depressed.
Phase normal or inverted If a track was accidentally recorded out of
phase with another track, the Phase button
lets you reverse the phase of a track.
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