Cannot solo individual tracks

[MIDICH1]

Just got DP8.07 and option click on the PLAY column so I can just hear an individual track. But it's not playing any more, either via direct keyboard play or MIDI playback. After option clicking, and selecting still more tracks, they don't play either. I have to reselect all tracks in PLAY before the MIDI or playback works.

OSX is 10.9.5 and all of the instruments I'm using are from Kontakt 5.4.2.

I remember I could do this in the previous DP7 so I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Thank you.

[Tritonemusic]

If you're routing through an Aux track, check your Solo Exempt setting, just in case.

[Phil O]

Just got DP8.07 and option click on the PLAY column so I can just hear an individual track.

I'm assuming you're talking about the Tracks Overview window. Yes?
When you option-click in the Play column it can solo tracks or mute tracks, depending on the what's muted or soloed to begin with. I've never figured out how it decides to do what.

It could be that you're muting (or NOT soloing) a necessary track for playback; an aux that things are routed through, perhaps (the reason for Tritone's suggestion). Go ahead and option-click the individual track you wish to hear, then check all your other tracks in the mixer window and see what's up.

Phil

[MIDICH1]

If you're routing through an Aux track, check your Solo Exempt setting, just in case.

Not sure what that means. None of the Kontakt instruments are using AUX routing. In DP8, selecting the track I want to solo and is selected to record actually shows volume response on the mixing channel for that MIDI track. Yet, I can't hear it unless all tracks are selected.

[HCMarkus]

If you're routing through an Aux track, check your Solo Exempt setting, just in case.

Not sure what that means. None of the Kontakt instruments are using AUX routing. In DP8, selecting the track I want to solo and is selected to record actually shows volume response on the mixing channel for that MIDI track. Yet, I can't hear it unless all tracks are selected.

Solo the VI as well as the MIDI track.

[MIDICH1]

HCMarcus,

No, that makes no difference. Again, the odd thing is that DP shows volume going out when only one track is soloed, but it doesn't make to my speakers (or usb headphones, i tried it both ways). But when I select all tracks again, whether the VI is soloed or not, then I can hear that instrument loud and claer.

[crduval]

Check to see that the vi track is routed to your main output. Sometimes when I instantiate new tracks the output defaults to an output that I am not using.


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[Shooshie]

Ok, step by step:

When you solo a single track, all other tracks are suppressed, or turned off.

If you have audio routed to an output, chances are you didn't just set the audio track for that output. It's very likely that you ran ALL of your audio tracks to an intermediary track first. That would be an AUX track or a MASTER track. Maybe even another audio track.. IN any case, it's probably going through another track before it goes to your speakers. Check your routing and see. In the output for that track, does it say "Main Out?" Does it say "896mk3 1&2?" (that would be if your output device is an 896mk3. In actuality, it would say whatever your output device is, or it may just say 1&2)

If that audio track that you soloed is going DIRECTLY to your speakers, and if soloed it, and you could see the meter showing audio leaving the channel, but not arriving at your speakers, then we have a problem we'll have to explore further.

BUT... if your audio tracks are like most of ours, you first go through a master track, or a submaster, or some other aux track. If so, then you need to set that track (or those tracks) to "Solo Exempt." When you do this, it leave the necessary aux tracks and master tracks alone when you invoke the SOLO command. It just turns off all the audio tracks but the one(s) you solo.

Spend some time in the manual under the chapter on solo, and you'll learn all the ins and outs of soloing tracks. It's well implemented, but it's not as straightforward as it was on an old mixing board in a studio. It can do much more, but you have to know how it works.

Shooshie

[Tritonemusic]

Posting a screenshot may be helpful.

[MIDICH1]

Ok, step by step:

When you solo a single track, all other tracks are suppressed, or turned off.

If you have audio routed to an output, chances are you didn't just set the audio track for that output. It's very likely that you ran ALL of your audio tracks to an intermediary track first. That would be an AUX track or a MASTER track. Maybe even another audio track.. IN any case, it's probably going through another track before it goes to your speakers. Check your routing and see. In the output for that track, does it say "Main Out?" Does it say "896mk3 1&2?" (that would be if your output device is an 896mk3. In actuality, it would say whatever your output device is, or it may just say 1&2)

If that audio track that you soloed is going DIRECTLY to your speakers, and if soloed it, and you could see the meter showing audio leaving the channel, but not arriving at your speakers, then we have a problem we'll have to explore further.

BUT... if your audio tracks are like most of ours, you first go through a master track, or a submaster, or some other aux track. If so, then you need to set that track (or those tracks) to "Solo Exempt." When you do this, it leave the necessary aux tracks and master tracks alone when you invoke the SOLO command. It just turns off all the audio tracks but the one(s) you solo.

Spend some time in the manual under the chapter on solo, and you'll learn all the ins and outs of soloing tracks. It's well implemented, but it's not as straightforward as it was on an old mixing board in a studio. It can do much more, but you have to know how it works.

Shooshie

Hi, read what you wrote and reading the manual and I'm just not getting anywhere. I'd like to include a screen shot, as was suggested, but I don't see how to do that on this page.

[MIDICH1]

I think I figured it out. Whew.

[Tim]

I wish I could disable the ability to hit Option Play Enable when NOT in Solo mode.

[Tritonemusic]

I think I figured it out. Whew.

Would you mind telling us what the problem was?