Tim Mayberry
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include fix for 1467 Added small section on default track names Updated section and chapter templates to reference version 4.4 of the docbook DTD git-svn-id: svn://localhost/ardour2/trunk@1431 d708f5d6-7413-0410-9779-e7cbd77b26cf
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<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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<section id="sn-tracks-and-busses">
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<title>Tracks and Busses</title>
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<para>
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This chapter covers basic management of tracks. Tracks are probably the most
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important objects in Ardour. They represent the fundamental way to playback
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and record audio, MIDI, and image data.
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</para>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="images/signal_flow.png"/>
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</imageobject>
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</mediaobject>
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<section id="creating-tracks">
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<title>Creating Tracks</title>
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<para>
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Tracks may be added to the session at any time.
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</para>
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<orderedlist>
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<title>Creating a new Track</title>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Choose <menuchoice> <guimenu>Session</guimenu> <guisubmenu>Add
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Track/Bus</guisubmenu> </menuchoice>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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add_track.ps Add Track Dialog
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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In the Add Tracks dialog, choose whether you wish to add a new Track or a
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new Bus.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Enter the number of new tracks/busses you want to add.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Choose the I/O configuration of the tracks/busses you are adding using
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the clickbox.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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</section>
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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href="renaming_tracks.xml" />
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<section id="deleting-tracks">
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<title>Deleting Tracks</title>
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<para>
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Deleting a track is permanent operation that cannot be undone. However,
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since the audio, MIDI, automation and other data associated with the track
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will remain as part of the session, and the actual playlist(s) that were in
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use by the track are still available. for use by other tracks. As a result,
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although inadvertently deleting a track is inconvenient, it doesn't result
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in any significant loss of information.
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</para>
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<section id="deleting-a-track">
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<title>deleting a track</title>
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<para>
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Click on the name of the track you want to delete. From the menu that
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appears, select <guimenuitem>Remove</guimenuitem>. A confirmation dialog will appear to ensure that
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you really meant to remove the track.
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</para>
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</section>
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</section>
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<section id="hiding-tracks">
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<title>Hiding Tracks</title>
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<para>
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The track list on the left edge of the Editor and Mixer can be used to hide
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or show specific tracks in either or both of those two windows. To hide a
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track, click to on the tracks name in the relevant track list. To show a
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track, click on its name in the track list. Visible tracks have their names
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shown in cyan, hidden ones in orange.
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</para>
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<para>
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You can also hide any track by clicking its hide button
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(images/hidebutton.ps).
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</para>
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<para>
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Hiding a track in the Editor has no effect on its visibility in the Mixer,
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and vice versa. Hiding a track in one or both windows does not affect the
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playback of that track's material.
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</para>
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</section>
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<section id="track-visibility">
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<title>Track Visibility</title>
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<section id="showing-all-tracks">
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<title>Showing all Tracks</title>
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<para>
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Click on the titlebar of the track list of the Editor or Mixer. From the
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menu that appears, select "Show All"
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</para>
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</section>
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<section id="hiding-all-tracks">
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<title>Hiding all Tracks</title>
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<para>
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Click on the titlebar of the track list of the Editor or Mixer. From the
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menu that appears, select "Hiding All".
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</para>
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</section>
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<section id="showing-classes-of-tracks">
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<title>Showing certain classes of tracks</title>
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<para>
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Click on the titlebar of the track list of the Editor or Mixer. From the
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menu that appears, select "Show All Audio Tracks", or "Show all Busses" as
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appropriate.
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</para>
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</section>
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<section id="hiding-classes-of-tracks">
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<title>Hiding certain classes of tracks</title>
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<para>
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Click on the titlebar of the track list of the Editor or Mixer. From the
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menu that appears, select "Hide All Audio Tracks", or "Hide all Busses" as
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appropriate.
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</para>
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</section>
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<section id="reordering-tracks">
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<title>Reordering Tracks</title>
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<para>
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Tracks may be reordered by clicking on their name in one of the track
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lists and dragging it to a new position in the list. Note that the order
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of tracks in the editor is totally independent of their order in the
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mixer.
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</para>
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</section>
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</section>
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<section id="io-configuration">
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<title>I/O Configuration</title>
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<para></para>
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</section>
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<section id="soloing-tracks">
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<title>Soloing Tracks</title>
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<para>
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"Soloing" a track refers to changing some aspect of the signal flow through
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Ardour that makes it possible to listen to one (or just a few) tracks at a
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time. It is often done during mixing and mastering to help an audio
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engineer listen carefully to parts of the mix.
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</para>
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<para>
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Tracks may be soloed at any time. When one or more tracks are soloed, all
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non-soloedntracks will no longer be audible.
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</para>
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<para>
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Soloing tracks does not affect the solo status of busses, nor vice versa.
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That is, soloing a track leaves all busses audible and soloing a track
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leaves all tracks "audible". You may not actually be able to hear the
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"audible" material if it is routed through a non-soloed bus.
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</para>
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<para>
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This design is intended to allow FX busses and master outs to be useful
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even when soloing. Soloing is made significantly more complex by the
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presence of control outs (see control_outs_soloing for more details on
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soloing with control outs).
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</para>
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<section id="rude-solo-light">
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<title>Rude Solo Light</title>
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<para>
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Whenever one or more tracks are soloed, the "rude solo light" in the
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transport window will flash. You can cancel any current solos by clicking
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on the "rude solo light".
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</para>
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</section>
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<section id="solo-modes">
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<title>Solo modes</title>
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<para>
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Ardour has two solo modes.
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</para>
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<variablelist>
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<title></title>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>solo latch</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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soloing a track adds it to the set of soloed tracks, so you may have
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any number of soloed tracks.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>solo unlatch</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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soloing a track unsolos any other soloed track, so you can have only
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one soloed track at a time.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</section>
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<section id="changing-solo-mode">
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<title>Changing Solo Mode</title>
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<para>
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To change the solo mode, goto the Options editor (options_editor) and view
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the <guilabel>Misc</guilabel> tab.
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</para>
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</section>
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<section id="soloing-a-track">
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<title>Soloing a Track</title>
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<para>
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To toggle the solo state of a track, click on the solo button in either
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the mixer strip for the track or the track controls section in the editor.
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</para>
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<para>
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To toggle the solo state of all tracks in an edit or mix group, use Ctrl1
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on the solo button of a track in the group. If you do this in the Editor,
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the edit group will be used; in the Mixer, the mix group will be used.
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</para>
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<para>
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To toggle the solo state of all tracks, use
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<keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>Shift</keycap><mousebutton>Button1</mousebutton></keycombo>
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on a track solo button.
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</para>
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</section>
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<section id="solo-safe">
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<title>Solo safe</title>
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<para>
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To protect a track's current solo status, use Shift1 on that track's solo
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button. The color of the button will change to a pale blue to indicate
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"solo safe" status. No changes to the solo state for that
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track are possible until "solo safe" has been unset for the track.
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</para>
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</section>
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<section id="momentary-solo">
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<title>Momentary solo</title>
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<para>
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Use 2 on a track's solo button to solo the track for as long as the mouse
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button is pressed.
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</para>
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</section>
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</section>
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<section id="track-display-size">
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<title>Track Display Size</title>
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<para>
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In the editor window, tracks always extend across the full extent of the
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track display area, but they can have varying heights. In the mixer window,
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tracks always from the top to the bottom of the mixer (as strips), but they
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can have varying widths.
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</para>
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<section id="changing-editor-track-height">
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<title>Changing editor track height</title>
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<para></para>
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</section>
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<section id="changing-mixer-track-width">
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<title>Changing mixer track width</title>
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<para></para>
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</section>
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</section>
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<section id="track-groups">
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<title>Grouping Tracks</title>
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<section id="creating-a-track-group">
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<title>Creating a Group</title>
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<para></para>
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</section>
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<section id="renaming-track-group">
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<title>Renaming a Group</title>
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<para></para>
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</section>
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<section id="changing-members-of-a-track-group">
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<title>Changing members of a group</title>
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<para></para>
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</section>
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<section id="deleting-a-track-group">
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<title>Deleting a Group</title>
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<para></para>
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</section>
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</section>
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<section id="track-controls">
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<title>Track Controls</title>
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<para></para>
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</section>
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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href="default_track_names.xml" />
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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href="Some_Subsection.xml" />
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-->
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</section>
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