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-layout: default
-title: Solo/Mute Tab
-menu_title: Solo/Mute Tab
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-
-<p>
- This tab contains settings that affect the use of
- <a href="/mixing/muting-and-soloing/">solo, muting</a>, and
- <a href="/mixing/panning/">panning</a>.
-</p>
-
-<img src="/images/a4_preferences_solomute.png" alt="preferences
-solo/mute tab"/>
-
-<ul>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Solo</strong>
- </p>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Solo-in-place mute cut</strong> sets the attenuation of the
- the other tracks when another track is soloed in place. This setting
- is also available from the <strong>Mixer</strong> monitor section.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Solo controls are Listen controls</strong> when enabled the
- soloed track is soloed only on the monitor bus, the master fader mix
- is not affected by the solo. This option can also be set by enabling
- pre-fader listen or after-fader listen in the <strong>Mixer</strong>
- monitor section.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Listen Position:</strong> determines what is listened to when
- the solo controls are used as listen controls. The options are
- after-fader or pre-fader.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>PFL signals come from:</strong> determines whether the
- pre-fader listen position is before or after the pre-fader processors.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>AFL signals come from:</strong> determines whether the
- after-fader listen position is before or after the after-fader
- processors.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Exclusive solo</strong> when enabled will only solo that last
- track selected for solo. Previously soloed tracks will be un-soloed.
- This setting is also available from the <strong>Mixer</strong> monitor
- section.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Show solo muting</strong> when enabled outlines the mute
- button on tracks and busses when another track is soloed.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Soloing overrides muting</strong> when enabled allows a track
- to be heard when it is soloed while muted. This setting is also
- available from the <strong>Mixer</strong> monitor section.
- </p>
- </li>
- </ul>
- </li>
-
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Default track/bus muting options</strong> sets the muting options
- for a newly created tracks or bus. The mute options for an existing track
- or bus are changed by the right-click context menu on a mute button.
- </p>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Mute affects pre-fader sends</strong> when enabled pre-fader
- sends will be muted by default.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Mute affects post-fader sends</strong> when enabled post-fader
- sends will be muted by default.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Mute affects control outputs</strong> when enabled control
- outputs are muted by default.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Mute affects main outputs</strong> when enabled main outputs
- are muted by default.
- </p>
- </li>
- </ul>
- </li>
-
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Send Routing</strong> affects
- <a href="/signal-routing/aux-sends/">aux and external sends</a>.
- </p>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Link panners of Aux and External Sends with main panner by
- default</strong> When enabled, sends follow the channel panner.
- </p>
- <p>
- When disabled, sends can panned independently of the channel panner
- and fader. Double clicking the send in the processor box toggles
- the main panner and fader between the aux send and the channel.
- </p>
- </li>
- </ul>
- </li>
-</ul>