
Locking tracks
You can “lock” a track. Locking a track protects the track (including the regions in the track and any track effects settings) from unintended changes, and renders the track to your computer’s hard disk. Locking tracks can reduce the processing power required to play the track, particularly for Software Instrument tracks and for Real Instrument tracks that use complex effects.
If you want to make changes later, you can unlock the track, make the changes, then lock the track again.
To lock a track:
- Click the Lock button in the track’s header. The lock turns green to indicate that the track is ready to lock.
- Play the project from the beginning. The lock icon for the track changes from open to closed, indicating that the track is locked.
- To play the project, move the playhead to the beginning of the project, then click Play (or press the Space bar).
If you try to make changes to the track, a dialog appears telling you that the track is locked.
To unlock the track, click the Lock button again.
If you only want to lock part of a track, click the Truncate button in the progress dialog while the track is being locked. Only the part of the track until you click Truncate is locked (for every track in the song for which the Lock button is active).
