[Mark Ziebarth]

Originally Posted by JFreak

You are making it overly complicated. If you simply don't want to listen to a track while you record you drop the fader down, problem solved. Or hit mute. Neither of those affect recording levels. You can confirm this by making sure you have PRE-FADER metering (as is best practice for recording sessions anyway) and see that the levels are jumping even though you have fader down or track muted.

You’re completely right. I forgot Pro Tools remembers two states of the channel fader: One level when in record mode and another one while playing back.
Thanks for your thoughts.

Best

Mark