Mute and solo channel strips in Logic Pro for Mac

You can silence (mute) a channel strip so that you don’t hear it when you play the project. Muting channel strips is useful when you want to compare how the project sounds with and without the target track, compare alternative versions of a track, or try different loops in a project. You can mute multiple channel strips and quickly mute all channel strips (including output channel strips and the master channel strip).

You can also listen to a channel strip signal alone (solo), silencing all other channel strips. Soloing channel strips is useful when you want to work on a track or region individually; for example, when you’re editing regions on the track, re-recording a part, or adjusting volume curves.

Mute a channel strip

In Logic Pro, click the channel strip’s Mute button (or select the channel strip, then press M).

The Mute button turns blue. Click the button a second time to restore the channel strip to its previous level.

Mute multiple channel strips

In Logic Pro, click a Mute button, then drag the pointer horizontally.
The Mute buttons of all swiped channel strips switch to the same state.

Mute all channel strips

In Logic Pro, press and hold Command while clicking the Mute button on a channel strip.
All Mute buttons that match the state (muted or unmuted) of the clicked button also switch to its new state, including those on the output channel strip and the master channel strip. For example, if you click an unmuted Mute button, all unmuted tracks are then muted.

Solo a channel strip

In Logic Pro, click the channel strip’s Solo button (or select the channel strip, then press S).

The Solo button turns yellow. The Mute buttons of all unsoloed channel strips flash blue, with the exception of external MIDI channel strips, or channel strips in a solo-safe state.

Solo multiple channel strips

In Logic Pro, click a Solo button, then drag the pointer horizontally.
The Solo buttons of all swiped channel strips switch to the same state.

Solo a channel strip when another channel strip is already soloed

In Logic Pro, Option-click an unsoloed channel strip.

This action, sometimes referred to as Solo Exclusive, solos the target channel strip and unsolos any other channel strip.

Turn off the solo state of one or more channel strips

In Logic Pro, do one of the following:

Click an active Solo button.
Option-click any active Solo button. The solo state of all channel strips is deactivated.

Make a channel strip solo-safe

In Logic Pro, Control-click a Solo button.

A red slash appears on the S of the Solo button, indicating that the channel strip is solo-safe. When you solo another channel strip, the channel strip no longer mutes. Control-click the Solo button again to deactivate the channel strip’s solo-safe state.

For channel strips with a corresponding track in the Tracks area, the Mute and Solo buttons are equivalent to those in the header of the corresponding track. See Mute tracks and Solo tracks.

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