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called Hide Drums. Now, by typing the key combinations for those “memory locations” on my numeric keypad, I can hide and display the drums at will. (How you recall memory locations differs, depending on whether Numeric Keypad mode is set to Classic, Transport, or Shuttle.) SOLOING One thing that happens when you solo a stem track is that the source tracks don’t play, leaving you with silence. That’s just not going to work! The way around that in this example is to set the percussion tracks to Solo Safe. Simply Command-click (Macintosh) or Ctrl-click (Windows) on the solo button for each of the percussion tracks. The Solo button will turn gray. Now, I can hide the tracks and control whether they all play or not by soloing or muting the single stem channel. So after a little organizing by stems, I only need to concern myself with ten full-width channel sliders, rather than the 21 narrow channels I started with. OTHER POINTERS If you add other tracks to your session, you may need to edit your show/hide memory locations. Select a location, and add or subtract tracks until it looks the way you want. Then Control-click (Mac) or Start-click (Windows) on the memory location. Once the Edit Memory Location dialog appears, simply click OK. But be careful! If you Option-click (Macintosh) or Alt-click (Windows) on a location, you’ll delete it! The keys for Delete and Edit are very close to each other. The good news is you can Undo if you mess up. You may also need to add or subtract from any Groups you’ve created. Just double-click on the letter to the left of the group name to bring up the Modify Groups dialog. Then, double-click items on the left to add them to the Group, or on items to the right to remove them from the Group. Finally, if many of your sessions use a similar setup, I suggest you make a template. That way, you’ll have all your tracks with their names, stems, groups, and memory locations already set up. Save the current session under a different name and location. Then, remove all the MIDI and audio tracks and any automation. I also clear the tracks from the Regions list. Be a little cautious about that process. When presented with the Clear Regions dialog, the Remove button is the correct choice. If you use the Delete button, you’ll permanently remove the regions from the other session on your hard drive. Not good! THE END So there you have it. You can simplify your mixing by using stems and hiding tracks. You’ll only have to use this technique a few times before it becomes second nature. There are some wonderful tools here. Start using them! cording at the Learn audio reof Recording Conservatory s. Arts & Science need 4.4 Call today! 888.60, AZ 85282 pe ool.co www.audiorecordingsch 075 , you career in audio recording If you’re serious about a to your ool that is as committed to attend a recording sch success as you are. teaches you ording Arts and Sciences The Conservatory of Rec ht world-class ing equipment in eig on state of the art record t live sound room. s, and a 6,000 square foo studios, six lab ard ed Gold and Platinum aw You’ll study under season it takes to succeed. know what aart, winning instructors who Tools, Logic Pro, EAW Sm ’ll earn certifications in Pro laptop package that helps You receive a Waves, and more. You’ll ess CRAS Connect follow along in class, acc you delivery system), (our web based curriculum ional access cat and gives you 24 hour edu e. And before you even while you’re at hom as internship graduate, you’ll complete help choose. at a location you When it comes to audio… 2300 E Broadway Rd | Tem ) rt, AZ 85233 (satellite facility 1205 N Fiesta Blvd | Gilbe ml m/eq.ht . LET WE ARE THE EXPERTS E MIX. US HELP YOU GET IN TH www.eqmag.com AUGUST 2008 EQ 39 http://www.audiorecordingschool.com/eq.html http://www.audiorecordingschool.com/eq.html http://www.eqmag.com

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