Is there a way to have track output muted while recording but unmuted for playback, without having to click anything?

[JOB]

I've increasingly been recording my vocals and DI guitar without monitoring them through the DAW. I mute the output of the channel I'm recording into, listen to the track in one ear, and push the headphones off the other ear to listen to my voice/guitar in the room. I get better performances this way.

 

Every time I listen back, I have to unmute the channel, then remute to record again. A small step, but gets annoying when repeated literally 100s of times (I basically record all my practicing and like to go back and listen and fine tune everything, I can end up with 1000-take comp folders by the time I get to the polished take in the end lol.)

 

Which brings up the question in the title: is there a way to have track output muted while recording but unmuted for playback, without having to click anything?

[des99]

As long as your preferences has the individual monitoring level preference set, when record enabled, turn the fader right down (so you don't hear that channel). When you come out of recording enable mode, the fader should pop back to it's playback level.

 

Basically, there are independent volume levels for in playback, and record enabled.

 

Preferences -> Audio -> General -> "Independent recording level for record-enabled channel strips" - make sure this is ticked.

[JOB]

Awesome thank you!

[fuzzfilth]

Either this, or disable Software Monitoring.

[JOB]

Nice that also does it, and is a button you can add to the top. Both are very quick and easy ways to get this done, thank you both.