Solo AUX track

[elicious]

hmmm...
wish i could ctl-clic my pro control
to solo-safe it on pt11...

[YYR123]

Originally Posted by elicious

hmmm...

wish i could ctl-clic my pro control

to solo-safe it on pt11...

Good one - question have you ever used a D-Command? Is there much workflow difference? Which one did you like better ?

[phillyt2k]

Originally Posted by elicious

depending on which ver pt you have,
a vca will perform that task for you,
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I'm guessing its only HD specific? I don't have it my new track drop down menu

Originally Posted by albee1952

Ctrl-click on a solo button to solo-safe. Same trick on a mute button will mute-safe a track. Same trick on a record button will prevent you from accidentally enabling record on a track. So many tricks...so little time

Try this; mute-safe the audio tracks that are feeding your aux track.

Is this HD only as well?

on mine cmd clicking (not ctrl) solo and record performs the safe features. However there doesnt seem to be a mute safe via ctrl or cmd modifiers

[Rosco1969]

Create a solo Aux track, select no input and no output. Now select all the tracks (say, Drums) and that blank Aux track, now group them all. Now when you solo the blank Aux track your drums will all be soloed. Kinda poor mans VCA I guess. You could also add them all to another Aux as a Sub group. I do this for all my instruments, then you can place all these blank Auxes to wherever you like in the mixer and you have (nearly) full control over each instrument group i.e solo, mutes etc… Works for me anyway.

Rosco

[YYR123]

Nicely done

[joeluth]

Send your drums to a bus,
Solo isolate that bus,
Make a group that includes all the drums and the bus,
Modify the group to include solo,

Now if you solo the bus, you get to hear all your drums.
If you only want to hear a single track within the bus, kick,snr..whatever..
- ctrl click the solo on that track.

Would be easier if PT was a bit smarter, Logic X is great for this kind of workflow.

[CygnusX-1Bk2]

Originally Posted by albee1952

Try this; mute-safe the audio tracks that are feeding your aux track.

It seems counter intuitive but this is the best way to solo an Aux channel. You can always ctrl+click (Mac) the greyed out solo button on one of the audio tracks to solo with the aux soloed.