Disable Audio Processing on a Track
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- bkshepard
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Disable Audio Processing on a Track
In pre 10 versions of DP, there was a little round button that allowed you to disable audio processing on a track. Has that gone away in DP 10, or am I just not seeing it? I found it extremely handy for reducing CPU load by disabling tracks that weren't currently needed, but without removing them altogether.
-Brian
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- MIDI Life Crisis
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Re: Disable Audio Processing on a Track
Go to the dropdown menu at the top right of the Tracks window and select Tracks list Column Setup - enable Enable. 

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Re: Disable Audio Processing on a Track
Thanks man! I've always had that showing before. At some point I probably enabled that and just kept updating my template file, whilst forgetting what I had done. I tend to do that a lot these days. 

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Re: Disable Audio Processing on a Track
After installing DP10 it was disabled on my system as well. Are you on 10 yet?
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Re: Disable Audio Processing on a Track
Yes, up and running in 10. Since I didn't remember enabling it on previous versions, I was thinking maybe MOTU came up with some super-duper-secret method for reducing CPU load on tracks. Oh well, I have enabled enabled now. Thanks!MIDI Life Crisis wrote:After installing DP10 it was disabled on my system as well. Are you on 10 yet?
-Brian
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De nada, Mr. President.
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Re: Disable Audio Processing on a Track
Thanks!! Appreciate it,MIDI Life Crisis wrote: ↑Wed Feb 27, 2019 11:13 am Go to the dropdown menu at the top right of the Tracks window and select Tracks list Column Setup - enable Enable.![]()
I must have unselected at some point.
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Re: Disable Audio Processing on a Track
BTW, where is MLC? I miss him.