Soloed, Muted, and Disabled Speaker Channels

The speaker buttons around the Top View and the Rear View represent the output configuration and allow you to disable, solo, or mute channels.
Enabled speaker

This channel is enabled.

Disabled speaker

This channel is disabled. Its signal is distributed to the other channels instead.

Soloed speaker

This channel is soloed.

Muted speaker

This channel is muted.

Disabled and muted speaker

This channel is disabled and muted.

  • To disable a channel, Alt/Opt-click on the corresponding speaker button. As a consequence, no audio is routed to this channel. The signal that would otherwise be sent to this channel is distributed to the other channels instead. To make sure that only dialogue is sent to the center speaker, for example, you can disable the center channels for all stems of a film mix except for the dialogue stem.

    Note

    If the signal of a disabled channel is distributed to other channels, the power level stays constant.

  • To solo a channel, click the corresponding speaker button. As a consequence, you only hear the signal sent to this channel, while all other channels are muted. This can be useful for testing purposes, for example, to check if a signal is sent to the intended channel.

    Note

    You can solo several channels at the same time by clicking on the corresponding speaker buttons, one after the other. If you Ctrl/Cmd-click a speaker button, only this channel is soloed. All other channels are muted.

Important

Solo and mute cannot be automated.