When you mute a track, it is still processed, but you don't hear it play. So, muting doesn't save any resources. When you freeze a track, Sonar bounces the track to itself, and bypasses the effects. So, if a track contains a softsynth going through effects, then, when the track is frozen, Sonar will play you a rendered version of that track, without running the synths and effects in real-time. Playing a frozen track takes almost no system resources. The catch is that you must unfreeze the track to edit it further. This is the first method that you should use to lighten the load on your system in a big project. When you finish creating a track, and you know that you won't edit it for a while, freeze it. If you archive a track, it is like muting, except Sonar won't process the track, either. Archive tracks are disregarded by Sonar's audio engine. Archiving a track is what you should do if you don't need to play the track anymore as part of a mix, but you'd like to keep that track in the project for possible future use. Like, if you record 4 vocal takes, and then create a 5th track with a composite vocal, you won't need the original 4 takes anymore, so can archive them. You could also delete them, but, by archiving them, they're around if, later, you decide that you need part of one of those takes for some reason. This is also good for preserving alternative takes of instruments that you definitely want to keep, but don't need for the current mix. Bryan -----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dennis Madsen Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 5:06 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] SV: Re: (No Thread-Topic: Hi Bryan! Daren is right, it is allways a plesure to reed your comments. You are good explaining things in a way, so that persons like me learn. Thanks for the answer. When i make sub mixes, i do it fore more easy mixing and to save memory. What do i do with the original tracks to make them obtain so little memory as possible. Now they are muted to stop them for playing and frozen. Do i get more memory free by freezing them and maybe hide them? Thanks Dennis -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] På vegne af Bryan Smart Sendt: 31. juli 2010 17:24 Til: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Emne: [ddots-l] Re: (No Thread-Topic: [ddots-l] Just delete the track that you bounced to, modify the original tracks as needed, and bounce again. Bryan -----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dennis Madsen Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 7:59 AM To: Dot listen Subject: [ddots-l] Hi all! I have just preformed a mix Down of Several Tracks Into One Track. Bounce To Track) I like to undo somthing on track 7. How do i open the track for recording again? It is written it is possible but i do not seem to be able to find the command in the book. hope sombody can help thanks Dennis PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribe For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subjectzq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribe For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subjectúq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribe For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subjectúq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq