+ - Each track and bus has two buttons which have important implications - for signal flow: mute and solo. The behaviour - of these buttons is configurable in Ardour, to suit different studio + Each track and bus has two buttons which have important implications + for signal flow: mute and solo. The behaviour + of these buttons is configurable in Ardour, to suit different studio set-ups.
- If you are using Ardour without a monitor bus, there is only one way + When using Ardour without a monitor bus, there is only one way in which mute and solo will work:
+ The Solo status indicator button in the Toolbar blinks when one or more + tracks are being soloed. Clicking this button disables any active explicit + and implicit solo on all tracks and busses. +
- For setups with a monitor bus, you have more options, mostly - governed by the setting of the - Solo controls are Listen controls option - in Edit > Preferences > Solo / mute. + For setups with a monitor bus, more options are available, mostly + governed by the setting of the + Solo controls are Listen controls option + in Edit > Preferences > Monitoring.
- With Solo controls are Listen controls - unticked, behaviour is almost exactly the same as the situation - without a monitor bus. Mute and solo behave the same, and the monitor + With Solo controls are Listen controls + unticked, behaviour is almost exactly the same as the situation + without a monitor bus. Mute and solo behave the same, and the monitor bus is fed from the master bus, so it sees the same thing.
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- Now, without any mute or listen, the monitor bus remains fed by + Now, without any mute or listen, the monitor bus remains fed by the master bus. Also:
When solo controls are listen controls, the listening point can be set - to either After-Fade Listen (AFL) or Pre-Fade Listen (PFL). The precise - point to get the signal from can further be configured using the - PFL signals come from and + to either After-Fade Listen (AFL) or Pre-Fade Listen (PFL). The precise + point to get the signal from can further be configured using the + PFL signals come from and AFL signals come from options.
The solo-mute arrangement with a monitor bus is shown below:
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+ - Here we have a number of tracks or busses (in orange). Each one has an - output which feeds the master bus. In addition, each has PFL and AFL - outputs; we have a choice of which to use. PFL/AFL from each track or - bus are mixed. Then, whenever anything is set to AFL/PFL, the monitor out - becomes just those AFL/PFL feeds; the rest of the time, the monitor out is + Here we have a number of tracks or busses (in orange). Each one has an + output which feeds the master bus. In addition, each has PFL and AFL + outputs; we have a choice of which to use. PFL/AFL from each track or + bus are mixed. Then, whenever anything is set to AFL/PFL, the monitor out + becomes just those AFL/PFL feeds; the rest of the time, the monitor out is fed from the master bus.
- In this scheme Solo has no effect other than to mute other non-soloed tracks; - with solo (rather then listen), the monitor out is fed from the master bus. + In this scheme Solo has no effect other than to mute other non-soloed tracks; + with solo (rather than listen), the monitor out is fed from the master bus.
- Edit > Preferences > Solo / Mute has some + Edit > Preferences > Monitoring has some more solo options:
- When using solo-in-place (SiP), in other words when soloed tracks are being - listened to on the master bus, this fader specifies the gain that will be + When using solo-in-place (SiP), in other words when soloed tracks are being + listened to on the master bus, this fader specifies the gain that will be applied to other tracks in order to mute them. Setting this level to - -â&nbdp;dB will mean that other tracks will not be heard at all; setting to - some higher value less than 0dB means that other non-soloed tracks will be h - eard, just reduced in volume compared to the soloed tracks. Using a value - larger than -âdB is sometimes called "Solo-In-Front" by other DAWs, because - the listener has the sense that soloed material is "in front" of other - material. In Ardour, this is not a distinct mode, but instead the mute cut - control offers any level of "in-front-ness" that you might want to use. + −∞ dB will mean that other tracks will not be heard at all; setting to + some higher value less than 0dB means that other non-soloed tracks will be heard, just + reduced in volume compared to the soloed tracks. Using a value + larger than −∞ dB is sometimes called "Solo-In-Front" by other DAWs, because + the listener has the sense that soloed material is "in front" of other + material. In Ardour, this is not a distinct mode, but instead the mute cut + control offers any level of "in-front-ness" that is desired.
+- If this is enabled, only one track or bus will ever be soloed at once; soloing - track B while track A is currently soloed will un-solo track A before soloing + If this is enabled, only one track or bus will ever be soloed at once; soloing + track B while track A is currently soloed will un-solo track A before soloing track B.
+- If this is enabled, the mute button of tracks and busses will be drawn - outlined to indicate that the track or bus is muted because something else - is soloed. This is enabled by default, and we recommend that you leave it - that way unless you are extremely comfortable with Ardour's mute/solo + If this is enabled, the mute button of tracks and busses will be drawn + outlined to indicate that the track or bus is muted because something else + is soloed. This is enabled by default, and it is recommended to leave it + that way unless extremely comfortable with Ardour's mute/solo behaviour.
+- If this is enabled, a track or bus that is both soloed and muted will behave + If this is enabled, a track or bus that is both soloed and muted will behave as if it is soloed.
-- These options dictate whether muting the track will affect various routes out - of the track; through the sends, through the control outputs (to the monitor + These options dictate whether muting the track will affect various routes out + of the track; through the sends, through the control outputs (to the monitor bus) and to the main outputs.
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