jester Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 So my problem is exactly what's in the thread title. None of the tracks in my project can be heard, (Though they can when they're soloed!!), none of them have been muted but the little "M" button on each track is constantly flashing. I'm assuming I've accidentally changed a setting or something but I'm new to logic so I don't know what. Sorry if the answer is obvious and cheers for any help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashermusic Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 So my problem is exactly what's in the thread title. None of the tracks in my project can be heard, (Though they can when they're soloed!!), none of them have been muted but the little "M" button on each track is constantly flashing. I'm assuming I've accidentally changed a setting or something but I'm new to logic so I don't know what. Sorry if the answer is obvious and cheers for any help Something is already soloed somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester Posted April 14, 2008 Author Share Posted April 14, 2008 That's what I initially thought but there's nothing soloed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Wikman Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 If the mute button is flashing, then some other channel IS solo'd. Opt (or Cntrol )+ click on the flashing mute...and it will get you going again w/o searching for the channel. Can't rememeber which modifier to use right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 That's what I initially thought but there's nothing soloed There is. That's why your mute buttons are flashing. To unsolo all tracks, solo the current track, then Option-click its solo button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeestar Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Also check your regions are not muted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Also check your regions are not muted That wouldn't give you flashing "M" buttons, so I don't suspect that to be the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rivan Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 There is one more thing that might have happened. If you have deleted a channel when it was soloed, then you will not see any soloed channels anymore but the other channels will still be mute (flashing m's). You have to re-trace your steps, until the deleted channel reappears, un-solo it, and you're fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Rickwood Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 So my problem is exactly what's in the thread title. None of the tracks in my project can be heard, (Though they can when they're soloed!!), none of them have been muted but the little "M" button on each track is constantly flashing. I'm assuming I've accidentally changed a setting or something but I'm new to logic so I don't know what. Sorry if the answer is obvious and cheers for any help This happens to me all of the time. I bounce in place. Then solo the new track to check that it bounced correctly (Omnisphere tends to have trouble bouncing in place for me). If it doesn't I'll CTRL-Z to undo. This deletes the track but Logic still thinks the track is soloed. Solution: Option-Click the solo button on any other track. This is the command to turn off all other solos and solo the clicked track. Just read everyone else's response and realized they already solved this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zulpgulp Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 I originally had this same problem and used option-click to deactivate all muted tracks. And that worked for me. But now the issue is that ultrabeat is somehow playing a track that doesn't exist(as far as I can tell). This all happened after I created a "new track with duplicate settings" for a guitar track. Logic for some reason chose to duplicate the ultrabeat drum track. I deleted the drum track (or so I thought) and then came the mute issue which option-click fixed. Except now the drums still playing even though i have the only ultrabeat track in the session(that I can see) set to no output. Please advise. Great forum btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k. bright Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Zulpgulp, it sounds like you have Ultrabeat's internal step sequencer turned on. Open Ultrabeat and turn the step sequencer off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zulpgulp Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Hi K.Bright, It was UB but not on a visible track. I clicked "all" in the mix window and found that there was a track that was running UB. I was going crazy over this for hours. I did have a visible UB track and was turning it off but the drums were still playing. !!!!!! It was really maddening. But turns out there was a hidden duplicate track using UB. So now it's gone and I'm all good. Thanks, Zulpy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fagabeefy Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 Ok, This thread helped me greatly, after creating a "Logic is Crap" thread, this fixed the problem I was having. Sorry to those who I may have offended with my temper tantrum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psalm33 Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 There is one other way to get the dreaded flashing mute button. You can have tracks soloed in a folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8trakbeat Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 (edited) What helped me was to expand the mixer mode and expose all of the various possible components. Sometimes for some reason or another a virtual instrument that you've used in a previous project can have unseen effects. Edited July 16, 2012 by 8trakbeat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbmtrx Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Yeah this is pretty bizarre behavior. Likewise I had nothing visibly soloed; I had just deleted a track after moving some individually muted regions into a new one, and after deletion I got the same crazy all-muted setup. Anyway, soloing then option-clicking a track did the trick, tx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRdungeon Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 once again this forum has saved my life, I was yelling at the screen asking why it thought it should be muted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axl Blose Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 jester, just had the same problem and yep, no tracks solo'd. i've been experiencing very strange behaviour with my logic 9 in other respects as well... and i've been a long time logic user and would like to think i know the program quite well... i think there's something fishy going on. 3 or 4 really weird f ups in 2 days after years of successful repetition. love logic to death but what a crippling couple of days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n6smith Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 jester, just had the same problem and yep, no tracks solo'd. i've been experiencing very strange behaviour with my logic 9 in other respects as well... and i've been a long time logic user and would like to think i know the program quite well... i think there's something fishy going on. 3 or 4 really weird f ups in 2 days after years of successful repetition. love logic to death but what a crippling couple of days If you note.. Jester's problem was exactly as David described and he didn't respond back so one assumes, following David's advice fixed it. (Not uncommon... both that David knows what he is talking about.. and that quite a few people don't have the common decency or manners... to say thank you or even just to report back, when a suggestion fixed their issue!) Also, every one else (That I can recall) who has reported this 'problem'... discovered later it was a track being muted somewhere.. that was the cause.. So, if you have any flashing mutes, you have a track solo'ed somewhere. Therefore... To unsolo all tracks, solo the current track, then Option-click its solo button. Try it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat77 Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 My turn... Not easy for me because i am french...my logic is in french. The only forum that has the info that I need is here. I know the basic only on that program... But now, I have this issue... All tracks are muted despite mute buttons not being pressed. I don't want to loose my song... Please help me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Cat77, did you try to Solo a track then Option-click its solo button? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eriksimon Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Cat, a screenshot of your mixer would help. Just to make sure: your M buttons are NOT flashing? And optionclicking a solo button does not solve it? What if you solo 1 track, can you hear it then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat77 Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Because my model always opens all my tracks in a surround mode... so I changed all my tracks in mono ... and the MASTER ... so my output was mono I just had to put my output in stereo Oh how happy I am my song is not lost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Good! Glad to hear you solved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anoraq Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 My turn to try and answer. This feeling that they're mute but at the same time they're not. In my situation it was two of my bus-channels that had the muting, not the tracks. Which gives the symptom (blinking M's) but still no regular TRACK being set to solo. So, check both tracks and buses! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kazzewmi Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 (edited) Hey guys just to point out, I was having a similar problem and stopped reading this forum before getting to the bottom so not sure if someone mentioned this, but it was driving me crazy until I figured it out... In my case, only 2 tracks had flashing mute-buttons (indicating that a stack, group or VCA was muting them indirectly), but the rest of the tracks were not muted at all. I finally realized I had the VCA controlling those two tracks accidentally muted! And that's tough, cuz I keep most of my VCA's out of the arrange window and all the way off to the right side of my mixer, and I'm not usually visiting them unless I'm looking to do something very specific. So it wasn't that I had a track Solo'd, but that I had a VCA Muted instead. Maybe that will help someone some day. TL;DR, flashing mute buttons could also mean tracks are being muted indirectly by a stack, a grouping feature, or a VCA. Edited November 10, 2022 by Kazzewmi Grammar, concision 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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