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Old 12-17-2014, 06:05 AM   #1
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Default Solo FX & Solo+Mute track buttons FX Window

It would be efficient to have Solo & Solo+Mute track buttons in FX Window:


I think that it will be useful, especially for computers with small creens.
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Old 12-17-2014, 06:28 AM   #2
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I would certainly use this too.
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Old 12-18-2014, 04:56 PM   #3
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Old 12-18-2014, 05:58 PM   #4
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I'm not sure I see the use of soloing an FX plugin. That changes the signal coming in and out of it, so you'd be making changes to something that is going to be different when you unsolo.

You already have bypass for this reason, anyway. That already makes the Mute button useless, and Solo is just the inverse.

Therefor, I would think instead of Solo/Mute, there should be a modifier key to hit along with the mouse button to bypass all plugins except selected (and force unbypassed on selected). It would take up less room, too, and accomplish exactly the same thing.
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Old 12-18-2014, 06:09 PM   #5
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i'd use it.
It's immensely useful to be able to 1-click access any point in a chain. Great for diagnosing problems quickly.
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Old 12-18-2014, 08:00 PM   #6
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Track solo button on fx window is handy to me. I used to use this in Sonar quite often.
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Old 05-11-2015, 09:50 PM   #7
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+1

Particularly would be useful on a VSTi drum buss where EQ and FX are within the module - ie: Addictive Drums - where the GUI takes up so much screen real estate. It's a PIA to have to move the GUI off to the side just to access the track solo button in order to audition any FX tweaks.




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Old 09-03-2016, 02:51 PM   #8
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Old 09-04-2016, 10:16 AM   #9
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work around, assign a shortcut to solo but use a modifier such as ctrl so it will escape the plugin focus.

also, mpl has a script called Solo track with opened fx chain.
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Old 09-04-2016, 10:25 AM   #10
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work around, assign a shortcut to solo but use a modifier such as ctrl so it will escape the plugin focus.

also, mpl has a script called Solo track with opened fx chain.
Ok, thanks for the info! I'll try it out.
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Old 09-04-2016, 12:50 PM   #11
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ReaPack/mpl_Toggle solo for selected FX

edit: when use shortcut, it works only when FX chain not focused (or I`m wrong?)

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Old 09-04-2016, 01:49 PM   #12
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ReaPack/mpl_Toggle solo for selected FX

edit: when use shortcut, it works only when FX chain not focused (or I`m wrong?)
Надо проверить)
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Old 09-19-2016, 01:38 AM   #13
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ReaPack/mpl_Toggle solo for selected FX
Could you make it toggle and operate with active fx chain only? Because when more than one fx chain is opened, every track(e.g. 3) are soloed.
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Old 08-22-2017, 02:12 PM   #14
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Definitely useful! Especially nowadays that GUIs have grown in size, I constantly need to close the FX window just to hit the solo button.
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Old 05-13-2021, 04:27 AM   #15
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As I requested last week, this has been asked 7 years ago.
Seems like a good idea, and not too much work?

https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=253176
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Old 05-15-2021, 03:47 PM   #16
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Maybe Fx Chain Toolbar? Everyone could show/hide it if not usefull and everyone could add there actions or scripts they need, not necessarily only solo/mute.

Ofcourse I mean Toolbar integrated into fx chain window, at the top somewhere.
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Old 05-16-2021, 03:03 AM   #17
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+1
for the track solo/mute buttons on fx window
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