Does anyone else see a need for the Utility Tracks to be treat the same as Legacy tracks with respect to bar settings and volume control?

I wasn't a BiaB user when the distiction between legacy and utility came into being so I'm sure there is a lot of history here. But I find it quite clunky to have to go into the AudioEdit window and add in nodes to mute a utility track that I might not end up using.

Note in the screen shot that the "Piano" track is not on the Bar settings list.

I also notice that WendyM is currently struggling with this (or a related issue) so I'm guessing others struggle with this too.

I'm aware that the individual tracks can be exported and then imported into a DAW where you have full control over volume levels. I'm doing this more and more in Studio One thanks to MarioD's comments. But when sketching out song ideas in BiaB quite often I need a quick listen to see if the track is even worth keeping in the song. So to export, import and adjust a track in S1 only to find I don't like it is even less efficient.

Is there a reason why Utility tracks are "2nd class citizens" ?


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Last edited by Bass Thumper; 10/17/22 08:34 AM.
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