Automation of mute and solo

Beattender · Post by **Beattender** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 6:51 am

I'm sure this has been requested at some point over the years. Come on, it's 2014!

Idonotlikebroccoli · Post by **Idonotlikebroccoli** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 7:42 am

Agreed. You could of course add a Utility to the track, and automate its volume, but it would be better with on/off values, like mute/solo.

re:dream · Post by **re:dream** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 8:26 am

Utility does not completely mute a track. It does not go down to -inf.

#justsaying

Beattender · Post by **Beattender** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 12:21 pm

Do you think the more replies we get to this post, the more ableton will take note?

Reply!

chrk · Post by **chrk** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 12:27 pm

re:dream wrote:Utility does not completely mute a track. It does not go down to -inf.

That's the gain, but there's a Mute button - isn't that automatable?

Idonotlikebroccoli · Post by **Idonotlikebroccoli** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 12:36 pm

Ah yes, the Utility mute button is automateable!

Still no solo automation, though.

chrk · Post by **chrk** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 3:52 pm

Idonotlikebroccoli wrote:Ah yes, the Utility mute button is automateable!

So's the track mixer's 'speaker on', btw.

Idonotlikebroccoli · Post by **Idonotlikebroccoli** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 6:23 pm

Ah, of course!

Oh well - Utility's mute is still nice if you put it before a reverb or delay.

JoshG567 · Post by **JoshG567** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 7:20 pm

Idonotlikebroccoli wrote:Still no solo automation, though.

Just automate the speaker off for EVERY other track.

Shouldn't be an issue, especially when there's up to 75 tracks. RIIIIIGHT?

ToBe · Post by **ToBe** » Wed Feb 25, 2026 3:00 am

late to the party but automating Solo on tracks is possible via this M4L device: https://blog.abletondrummer.com/control ... tomations/