This is what I've been using for a while now.
It works well, but it becomes kinda crowded.
I could definitely use an action to hide the muted items.
It seems the gif is too large to upload here or at the stash spot, so I'm hosting it here:
http://i.makeagif.com/media/8-25-2016/WMzkZU.gif
And here is the freezing Action:
Transport: Go to start of project
Item: Select all items in track
Edit: Copy iems
Track: Freeze to stereo (render pre-fader, save/remove items and online FX)
Item: Select all items in track
Item properties: Unlock
Track: Set first selected track as last touched track
Item navigation: Move cursor to start of items
Track properties: Set free item positioning
Item: Paste items/tracks
Item: Remove FX for iem take
Item properties: Mute
Locking: Set full item locking mode
Item properties: Lock
Item: Select all items in tracks
Item: Auto-reposition items in free item positioning mode
And the Unfreezing:
Track: Unfreeze tracks(restore previously saved items and FX)
Track properties: Unset free item positioning
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I hope that this action is made.
Either that, or there must be some LUA or EEL script that must be made to either hide the muted items or temporarily put them in a hidden track.
I know HeDa once said that he uses hidden tracks for his Track Versions feature of the Track Inspector.
Idunno. But I really love having my original MIDI available as reference after freezing.
Much thanks to all who can assist.
- Ozman