Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 137)

Audio Controls
The following controls affect vertically working with audio in the tracks.
Mute control
Solo control
Audio Controls button
• Audio Controls button: Click to display the mute and solo buttons to the left of each
audio track in the Timeline. By default, these controls are hidden.
• Mute and solo controls: Use to turn on or turn off audio playback on individual tracks
for monitoring purposes. The track strips in the Audio Mixer have corresponding mute
and solo buttons that work the same way. For more information, see
“Overview of the
Audio Mixer.”
• Mute: Click to turn off audio playback for that track. The mute button affects
monitoring during playback only. Muting a track does not delete panning or audio
level keyframes for the clip items in that track, nor does it prevent fader automation.
• Solo: Click to listen only to an individual track. When you solo a track, all others are
muted except other tracks already soloed. For example, if you click the solo button
on track A1, and it’s the only track with solo selected, all other audio tracks are muted.
If you turn on the solo button on multiple tracks, all tracks with solo turned on play
back, while all other tracks are muted.
Note: Mute and solo controls affect only playback in the Timeline. They do not suspend
audio output during Print to Tape or Edit to Tape operations, or when exporting to a
movie or audio file.
137 Chapter 9 Timeline Basics