sjasz Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 I might not be using the correct lingo being that I got no search results form google. I would like to A/B two tracks while I am playing back. Lets say I have a bright dry snare on one track and a more full reverbed snare on another track. I would like to toggle between the two when playing back to see which one I prefer in the mix. It gets a bit more complex in that I really want to be able to do this for several tracks such as one set of Kick/Snare/Hat versus another. Another example would be if I was replacing a string sound and want to have the new sound match the old one as far as relative volume so I would toggle between the two while adjusting the volume of the new sound. I came up with one solution where I make a group of one set that include inverted versions of tracks I want to turn off and mute and unmute the group but am hoping for a more elegant solution. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution Atlas007 Posted June 23, 2022 Solution Share Posted June 23, 2022 Using a MIDI controller (such as the Mackie MCU Pro) and using group, using two fingers you could mute one group and unmute the other group in one move. With three fingers you could toggle A/B/C. I don't see how more elegant that could be... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 You could build solutions for this in the MIDI Environment. Here's a basic A/B switch to compare two tracks, but you could easily cable it to two sets of three tracks. Let me know if you need help with that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlas007 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Thanx for the heads up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakobP Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 (edited) A simple way is to mute all tracks except your track A, then select (the muted) track B and switch between the tracks using S (or clicking the tracks solo button) Edited June 24, 2022 by JakobP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Just now, JakobP said: A simple way is to mute all tracks except your track A, then select (the muted) track B and press S (or click the tracks solo button) My understanding is that the OP wants to do it "in the mix", so compare for example two snare drum tracks while the rest of the tracks are playing back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakobP Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Ah yes, reading the initial post again I see you're right (as always) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjasz Posted June 25, 2022 Author Share Posted June 25, 2022 It took a while to get a midi controller to try atlas suggestion. It worked out great. thanks for the help. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 8 hours ago, sjasz said: It took a while to get a midi controller to try atlas suggestion. It worked out great. thanks for the help. Great! Good to hear. 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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