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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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<!ENTITY % BOOK_ENTITIES SYSTEM "./entities.ent">
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%BOOK_ENTITIES;
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]>
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<section id="sn-soloing-tracks">
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<title>Soloing Tracks</title>
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<indexterm>
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<primary>Tracks</primary>
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<secondary>Soloing</secondary>
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</indexterm>
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<para>
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"Soloing" a track refers to changing some aspect of the signal flow
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through Ardour that makes it possible to listen to one (or just a few)
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tracks at a time. It is often done during mixing and mastering to help
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an audio 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,
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all 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
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versa. That is, soloing a track leaves all busses audible and soloing a
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track leaves all tracks "audible". You may not actually be able to hear
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the "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
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clicking 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
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have 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
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only 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
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view 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
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either the mixer strip for the track or the track controls section in
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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
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Ctrl1 on the solo button of a track in the group. If you do this in
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the Editor, the edit group will be used; in the Mixer, the mix group
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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
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solo button. The color of the button will change to a pale blue to
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indicate "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
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mouse button is pressed.
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</para>
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</section>
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</section>
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