Monitoring a Solo Track
You can isolate an individual video or audio track for monitoring when editing without having to deselect monitoring of all other tracks. Solo monitoring has several advantages:
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You can monitor the upper layers of a composited effect apart from the
lower layers.
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You can isolate an individual audio track for monitoring without
having to click several audio tracks to deselect monitoring of all other
audio tracks.
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You can overcome slow cueing and playback when working with a
complex sequence by isolating tracks for monitoring.
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To select a track for solo monitoring:
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Ctrl+click (Windows) or Command+click (Macintosh) the Track
Monitor button for the chosen track.
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The Track Monitor button changes to green with a black Monitor icon
(video track) or black Speaker icon (audio track) to indicate solo
monitoring.
To deselect solo monitoring:
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Click the soloed track monitor in the Track Selector panel.
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The Monitor icon returns to normal functionality.