Can I get look-ahead mute automation?

[Yosemite]

I am running M-Powered 7.1 (no luck yet on that forum) and prefer to use the trim tool to put in mute automation. It draws the mute exactly around my audio clip (which I like), but I hear the first bit of audio from the clip. This is, of course, dependent on my buffer size. I was wondering if there were some way to do look-ahead mute automation so that I can continue using the trim tool to mute things. I like how quick and precise that is.

Am I just going to have to draw mutes a quarter second before my sound clips so that the beginning doesn't get buffered?

Thanks,

Sean

[Bastiaan]

Why not simply lift out the unwanted audio? (As in highlighting and deleting it in any other mode as shuffle mode)

You can trim it back whenever you need it.

[Yosemite]

Because in this particular case I don't want to. I want to use mute automation.

Okay, so it isn't really that important, but when I work on a cue (I am doing sound design, not music) sometimes I like to bounce several versions to compare. One quick way of doing that is using mute automation... I can use other methods if need be.

But muting is there, so I thought, why not figure out how to use it better?

EDIT: Oh, I get what you are saying! Well, that makes it two steps which defeats the purpose. Since volume automation works the way I am describing, why not mute automation?

[Bastiaan]

Because it has the delay in it. The delay you are experiencing is the hardware buffer size delay wich dep[ends on the delay you set yourself. To avoid those problems its easier to remove the audio alltogether as to work with automation of the faders or the mute button. It would be handier if it would work with the mute button but it simply isnt.... so try to work around it and removing the audio is working around it i think.

[Kris75]

If you want to use mute auto, why not use Strip Silence and set your start and end pads so they give the desired region size.
CNTRL + U and highlight the track. STRIP
It is in essence though doing what everyone else has said and taking out the undesired audio, and is WAY faster than writing in Mute Auto.

[guitardom]

another couple things, just hilight the area you want to mute and the trim tool will mute it still.

also a lot of times if i need to quickly mute a breath or word or something is in focus command mode, just hilight region, hit b to cut it and cntrl+m to mute it. typically quicker for me than automating mutes and the region is still visible, and cntrl+m again to unmute it.

[bigbubbaj]

another couple things, just hilight the area you want to mute and the trim tool will mute it still.

also a lot of times if i need to quickly mute a breath or word or something is in focus command mode, just hilight region, hit b to cut it and cntrl+m to mute it. typically quicker for me than automating mutes and the region is still visible, and cntrl+m again to unmute it.

This would be the advice that I would give also...

[Yosemite]

Been trying them out and these suggestions are perfect... Just what I was looking for. Thanks!