Solo and Mute Buttons HELP

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Solo and Mute Buttons HELP

Maybe I'm missing something- but I've never been able to get the solo and mute buttons to work in FCP 6 and now 7. Is there some special way you need to have the audio output preferences set up or the sound output routed? I've had to just turn the channels on and off with the green button, but this defeat's the purpose of the mute and solo switchs. It also means I have to re-render.

My audio playback is set to Built-in Line Output. Audio Output is set to stereo monitoring L+R. Everything else is set to default. . .

Shouldn't the buttons just work? Or this there another step that I'm skipping in the audio output tab or some other tab?

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.8), 8 Gb RAM

Posted on Sep 3, 2009 9:30 AM

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Answer 1

Nick Holmes

Level 7

30,018 points

Sep 3, 2009 9:37 AM in response to Daniel Nocera

There's no special setup that you need to make.

Are you saying that the buttons don't work at all or don't work as expected?

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Answer 2

Sep 3, 2009 9:43 AM in response to Nick Holmes

The buttons don't work as expected. If I hit the solo button on a single audio track nothing changes with the sound. I still hear all the tracks mixed together. . . I should only hear that audio track(by itself) and all the rest should be muted - correct? When you use the green button to turn the track off and on - you have to re-render- Once when you turn off all the other tracks and once when to turn them back on.

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Answer 3

Nick Holmes

Level 7

30,018 points

Sep 3, 2009 9:50 AM in response to Daniel Nocera

Troubleshooting, step one.

Deleting FCP Preferences:

Open a Finder window. Set the view mode to columns:

Click the house icon that has your name next to it.
Click the folder "Library" in the next column.
Find and click the folder "Preferences" in the next column.
Find and click the folder "Final Cut Pro User Data" in the next column.

Move the files "Final Cut Pro 6.0 Prefs", "Final Cut Pro Obj Cache" and "Final Cut Pro Prof Cache" to the Trash and empty it.

When you have a stable set of preference files, download [Preference Manager|http://www.digitalrebellion.com/pref_man.htm] to back them up. If you have further problems, the backup can be recalled and you can continue working.

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