Hi Slau & HF, Only show the track that you want to solo safe This usually works every time! Also when you close the window and re open it this helps also. or turn off and on VoiceOver as a last resort! Have you guys used the "VCA" tracks! They Rock!!! :) YMMV
CHUCK REICHEL soundpicturerecord...@gmail.com www.SoundPictureRecording.com 954-742-0019 Isaiah 26 : 3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. In GOD I Trust On Sep 13, 2012, at 11:31 PM, Slau Halatyn wrote: > Hey HF, > > The only trick would be to make sure your mouse pointer is on the solo button > before performing the modifier command along with the physical mouse or > trackpad. > > slau > > On Sep 13, 2012, at 10:32 PM, HF wrote: > >> When I toggled through the different states, I never got on solo safe as one >> of them. I managed to just put the aux tracsk as solo and not off safe solo. >> This time when I soloed individual tracks, I got silence which I guess is >> progress. Although, there was one track that I couldn't toggle from off safe >> solo to just solo. Is there any trick for this? I got all the other tracks >> but this one... >> >> HF >> >> On 9/10/2012 12:38 PM, Slau Halatyn wrote: >>> Hi Herman, >>> >>> I suppose there are four possible states for the solo button: >>> 1. Solo button, which would be the normal, unengaged state, in other words, >>> off or not soloed. >>> 2. selected solo button, when the solo button is engaged, in other words, >>> on or soloed. >>> 3. off safe solo button, which means the solo button is in safe mode but >>> not engaged, in other words, off. >>> 4. on safe solo button, which means the solo button is in safe mode and it >>> is engaged or on. >>> >>> Until you get things behaving the way you'd like, I'd probably try to >>> disable all of the groups. >>> >>> slau >>> >>> On Sep 10, 2012, at 9:01 AM, Herman Fermin wrote: >>> >>>> Just cause I get lost in the vernacular and voiceover reports things, >>>> what should solo say. Should it say "off safe solo" or just plain >>>> solo. Is it a three position toggle? Solo, off safe solo and onn safe >>>> solo. I'll check again when I get in front of my rig again because I >>>> only heard two things, off safe solo and just plain solo. >>>> >>>> Should I de-activate any of the active groups. The all groups is not >>>> active anymore. >>>> >>>> HF >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 9/9/12, Slau Halatyn <slauhala...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> Herman, >>>>> >>>>> Just a few things to make sure: >>>>> The all group should be off because it'll screw with your ability to solo. >>>>> In addition, all aux tracks should be solo safe. Display only aux tracks >>>>> and >>>>> systematically make sure they're all solo safe. Beyond that, soloing any >>>>> audio track should work. Let us know how it goes. >>>>> >>>>> Slau >>>>> >>>>> On Sep 9, 2012, at 9:09 PM, Herman Fermin wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Some of the tracks were on "off solo safe". When I held the command >>>>>> key and clicked they just became normal solo buttons. Or at least that >>>>>> is what I understand anyway. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm still not able to solo or mute individual tracks. >>>>>> >>>>>> I looked at the groups in case I could figure out something from >>>>>> there. I made the all group active and and made the rest of the groups >>>>>> inactive and still can't solo or mute individual tracks. >>>>>> >>>>>> On 9/9/12, Slau Halatyn <slauhala...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> Hi Herman, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> It's possible that the auxiliary tracks are not "solo safe," that is, >>>>>>> when >>>>>>> any track is being soloed, the rest of the tracks are solo muted, >>>>>>> including >>>>>>> the aux tracks. Solo muting is different from engaging a regular mute. >>>>>>> Actually, the process of soloing is really like muting all other tracks >>>>>>> but >>>>>>> in an automated way. If you solo safe the aux track by Command-clicking >>>>>>> its >>>>>>> solo button, it will not mute when any solo button is engaged. Give it a >>>>>>> try. That might be the solution. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Slau >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sep 9, 2012, at 7:04 PM, HF wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Perhaps my confusion might help someone else. I have a really >>>>>>>> complicated >>>>>>>> session that I will try to detail below. I don't understand why I >>>>>>>> cannot >>>>>>>> solo individual tracks. If I send all of the outputs to stereo 1/2, >>>>>>>> only >>>>>>>> then can I solo individual one's. But the routing is what is throwing >>>>>>>> me. >>>>>>>> I get it, I understand why it was done this way but I don't get why I >>>>>>>> can't just solo or mute individual tracks and hear that change. Right >>>>>>>> now >>>>>>>> only one track is playing, it's the full mix aux track which is being >>>>>>>> sent >>>>>>>> out to 1/2 stereo. Only two other tracks are muted the instrumental >>>>>>>> track >>>>>>>> and the TV mix track. Hopefully someone else here understands this and >>>>>>>> can >>>>>>>> explain. It's pretty complicated and I hope I do this justice. As I >>>>>>>> explain, I'm only dealing with the audio in and audio out for each >>>>>>>> track. >>>>>>>> All are buses except the three tracks that are being sent via the >>>>>>>> interface, 1/2 stereo. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> all drums, output to drums aux >>>>>>>> drums aux, input drums, output band buss >>>>>>>> bass and guitars, output band buss >>>>>>>> Lead vocals, output lead vocals bus >>>>>>>> background vocals, output background vocals buss >>>>>>>> band aux, input band buss, outputs mix bus, no lead vocals bus, no >>>>>>>> background vocals bus >>>>>>>> Lead vocals aux, input lead vocals buss and output mix buss >>>>>>>> Background vocals aux, input background vocals buss, output is mix buss >>>>>>>> and no lead vocals bus >>>>>>>> mix aux, input mix and output full mix buss >>>>>>>> No Lead vocals aux, input no lead vocals bus, output TV mix >>>>>>>> No background aux,input no background vocals bus, output instrument >>>>>>>> track >>>>>>>> full mix aux, input full mix and output 1/2 stereo >>>>>>>> TV mix aux, input TV buss and output 1/2 stereo >>>>>>>> instrument track aux, input instrument buss and output 1/2 stereo >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> HF >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >
