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Chapter 10: Tracks 145
Mute Button
The Mute button silences a chosen track. More
than one track can be muted at one time. If Op-
tions > Mute Frees Assigned Voice (Pro Tools HD
only) is enabled, muting a track will allocate 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.
Mute Frees Assigned Voice
(Pro Tools HD Only)
Selecting Options > 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.
Making Tracks Inactive
Audio, Auxiliary Input, Master Fader, VCA Mas-
ter (Pro Tools HD only), and Instrument 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 (Mac) the Track Type indicator 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) and select Make Inactive.
Muting a track with Mute Frees Assigned
Voice enabled does not free up the voice for
QuickPunch, TrackPunch, or Destructive-
Punch recording.
Larger DAE Playback Buffer Sizes can also
increase the lag time between the time you
click the Mute button and the onset of mut-
ing. See “DAE Playback Buffer Size” on
page 37.
MIDI tracks cannot be made inactive.
Toggling a track active/inactive
To select multiple tracks, Control-click
(Windows) or Command-click (Mac) addi-
tional Track Names
.
To select a range of tracks, Shift-click addi-
tional Track Names
.
Track Type indicator

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