I can Crtl-LeftClick an instrument to make it play solo. If I am not completely nuts, there has been some simlar easy way of clicking in older versions to mute on the xxx-clicked instrument. Fiddling around, I could not find it though. Also not even in the right-click context menu I find this point. And yes, there is this option to ALT-1/2/3/4/5/6 - but I forget which number belongs to which instrument. So that is prone to do double work - even if it is only one or two extra clicks. Still annoying.....
Am I missing something?
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Is not working in the formum display for some reason ?!?!
I am aware of this. But at times I forget what is what and mute the wrong one only to need to unmute it again and find the right one to mute this way. That is ergonomically unintuitive.
If I decide to mute a track with for example ALT-clicking the channel would avoid picking the wrong one. And I think 10 years back (ore more) it functioned this way. Which kept me desparately looking for this combination - yet to no avail.
Also it is not understandable to me, why the context menu (right-clicking the cannel) would not provide the mute option first thing?! Would you not expect something obvious here too?
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Also it is not understandable to me, why the context menu (right-clicking the cannel) would not provide the mute option first thing?! Would you not expect something obvious here too?
Yes, I think in older versions the mute option was more accesible, it's still there, but a little bit hidden.
However, since the on-screen mixer was introduced, I don't use the menus for muting tracks, the mixer is way faster to me.
You could do this if you don't mind not having the track named after the instrument. Personally, I never look at the track names because the name of the instrument is always present in the Realtrack, MIDI or Supermidi track.
1. Firstly, Preferences. (See image below)
2. Activate "Show Custom Track Labels and Descriptions." (#1 on image below)
If this is not activated, custom names will not show up even though they may have been added.
3. Deactivate "Auto-Generate Track Labels." (#2)
With the auto-generate option disengaged, the shortcut names should remain fixed.
4. Now right-click on the track.
5. Select "Track Settings" and then select "Rename Track Title."
6. Rename the track as the shortcut for that particular track.
Alt+8 = mute Melody Alt+9 = mute Soloist
Personally, I like the last two to be kept as Melody and Soloist. There's no reason why their names cannot be changed, though.
Thanks for that tip Noel ... I found the changing track names quite frustrating.
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