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Silencing (muting) a track

You can silence, or “mute,” a track so that you hear only the other, unmuted tracks in the project. Muting tracks is useful when you want to hear how a track affects the overall project, compare tracks, hear alternate versions of instruments, or try different loops in a project.

track header - mute button

To mute a track:

Click the track’s Mute button (the button with the speaker icon in the track’s header). Click the Mute button again to unmute the track.

You can mute several tracks at once. When you mute multiple tracks, you hear only the remaining, unmuted tracks.

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