Solo button problem in PT (M-powered)

[::XeS::]

Hi
I have a problem with PT.
If I have a track that goes to a bus (for example snare -> drums bus) and I wanna mute it, I have also to mute the bus. It's very annoying and I find nothing usefull on the manual.
I don't if it's a limitation of M/LE, because I know that in the HD there are several selectable solo modes.
This problem affects my mixing speed because every time I need to mute a track I have to go up and down to mute its bus...
Is there a solution?

 

[KeithTidd]

let me get this straight: you have a snare track, and the output is set to drum bus. You want the entire drum bus to mute when you click mute on the snare track?

if that's the issue, just create a group with the drum and buss in it.

 

[AudioGeekZine]

what you're saying doesn't make sense.


I'm going to have to assume you've made a mistake in your description. When you SOLO a snare track the bus it was output to is muted. This is normal unless you SOLO-SAFE the bus. Ctrl+Click the to solo safe it. now that bus will not automatically mute when you solo something.
I do this for all my aux tracks usually.

 

[::XeS::]

OOOOh...sorry
Yes I made a mistake in my description....
Anyway yes, it's what I wanted to know
Thank you very much

 

[::XeS::]

Another "problem".
If I wanna SOLO an aux track (for example, the DRUMS aux track (drums bus)) to listen to the isolated drums, it doesn't work. It works only if I solo all the tracks that go through my aux track (but if I solo all the tracks, I don't need to solo the aux).
If I wanna solo a single aux track, I have to mute all the other aux tracks.
Is it normal?

 

[AudioGeekZine]

That is how it works.
Are you using automation groups?

 

[::XeS::]

Nope. It's just a curiosity because the other daw's I tried allowed me to solo a single bus

 

[AudioGeekZine]

the other DAWs are soloing all the tracks that feed into that bus at the same time.

If you group all your drum tracks. (select them, ctrl+G to group) then enable solos and mutes to the group. Then you can click any of the solos for your drum group and they will all solo. I don't have the bus in with the automation group.
ctrl+Shift+G to suspend all groups (I use this a lot)
Hold the windows key if you want to temporarily suspend the group while you adjust one track in the group.