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There is no way to hear a track while recording but not have it record to the selected track. ..



If that were actually true this program would be of little value for recording. Your problem is with your system setup. Like someone mentioned earlier, it is tricky at first but once setup properly - it will record an individual track agains a multitrack background, as designed.

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