Joining Regions retains muted sections

[Maestro777]

When I join several regions on a single track having muted sections to create a new audio file, Logic creates a new region but retains the muted region that appears translucent until the region is selected.

Is there a way to either change the visibility of the new region so that the muted regions underneath don't show OR even better; change the behavior so when I select to join several regions on a track that has muted regions that the new region is the only one remaining after the join? I don't see the benefit of keeping muted regions on my track if I've opted to create a new file.

The fact that the it remains as translucent makes it a bit difficult to immediately recognize tracks that I've already created new regions unless I again select those regions.

[Atlas007]

How about BIP instead?

Edited February 16 by Atlas007

[Maestro777]

Thanks Atlas007. You're right, I could opt for that as an alternative. My thought was that using shortcut "J" followed by enter was just more efficient with a lot of tracks than BIP and then selecting to bypass the plugins each time. Techno laziness maybe? 🙂

[David Nahmani]

You can also use the Marquee to select a little more length than you region, and join. The idea is to force Logic to recreate a new audio file rather than healing the original one. 

[polanoid]

10 hours ago, David Nahmani said:

You can also use the Marquee to select a little more length than you region, and join.

This will not keep the originally described issue ("join several regions on a single track having muted sections to create a new audio file, Logic creates a new region but retains the muted region that appears translucent until the region is selected") from happening though.

A workaround/hack to remove those "translucent" regions beneath the joined region would be to switch on "No Overlap" mode and move the joined region for a tiny bit to the left or right, then back to its original position. This reliably deletes the overlapped regions.

Edited February 17 by polanoid

[Maestro777]

That is what I was looking for!!! It is admittedly a hack but I can live with that. Thank you. @Atlas007@David Nahmani as always, your suggestions are invaluable and appreciated as well.