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No solo on audio bus tracks….revised…
After doing some testing in the studio today I found what is going on with the lack of solo on the audio buses.
Here’s an example…
Let’s say you have a song with 20 tracks. You have two lead vocals and you bus those to a bus track. You have two acoustic guitars and bus those to another bus track. You have three harmony vocals and you bus those to yet another bus track…etc.
Let’s also say that you still have 13 tracks on their original track in the track pane (not sent to a bus track).
Here is where it get weird. If you solo any of the tracks in the track pane…that track (or tracks) will be solo’d as it should. BUT…if you solo a bus track, it will solo that bus track from the other bus tracks…WITH all the tracks that are not bussed to a bus track. In other words…it mutes the other bus tracks and ONLY the other bus tracks…NOT the individual tracks left in the track pane which is going to the Master Section.
In version 8.0 the bus tracks were still up in the Master Section and if you solo’d a bus…it would SOLO that bus…muting EVERYTHING else in the project…other buses, individual tracks, …everything.
You can test this and see what I mean. Add two different audio tracks to Vegas 11, one above the other so they play at the same time. Create an audio bus track, (you now have to open the mixer view to do this which you did not have to in ver. 8.0). Anyway, add one of the audio tracks to the bus…leaving the other track going straight to the Master Bus. Now solo the audio bus you created…both tracks are still playing.
This should not happen. When you solo an audio bus, it should solo that bus and that bus only.
I’ve been using Vegas since version 3, when Sonic Foundry still owned it…actually Sony was in the process of buying them out at that time. Not only is it great for video editing, it’s a wonderful audio DAW. This solo problem really does need to be fixed though. By the way this is with the 32 bit version…I haven’t tried it with the 64 bit version. I use the 32 bit for audio since my plugins are 32 bit and won’t work with the 64 bit version. I use the 64 bit for video editing.
Sorry for the long post, but I hope it explains what I’m trying to convey. If anyone knows if there is a reason for this and it’s actually done for a reason, I’d really love to know. Because I really liked it a lot better the other way for doing audio.
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[Ted Snow] “This should not happen. When you solo an audio bus, it should solo that bus and that bus only.”
Yup, sounds like a bug in Vegas. ACID Pro 7 doesn’t behave this way.
[Ted Snow] “I’ve been using Vegas since version 3, when Sonic Foundry still owned it…actually Sony was in the process of buying them out at that time. “
Sony didn’t buy Vegas until Vegas 4. There were two releases of Vegas 4, one under Sonic Foundry and another under Sony. I have Vegas 4.0e and it still has the Sonic Foundry logo (…but I get your point, it started as a great DAW) 😉
~jr
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John, When I purchased my first copy of Vegas it was the end of December of 2003. The advertisement that prompted my purchase stated that after the first of the year the price was going to double because Sony was in the process of purchasing Sonic Foundry. I paid $299 for Vegas 3.0 (still have the original disks, manual and box). This was on December 29, 2003. I figured that the advertisement was just a hype to get people to buy it. But sure enough…January 1st the price went to $599 at the same place I bought it (online). I remember thinking I bought it just in time! Mine was of course labeled Sonic Foundry. I guess they didn’t get things switched over to Sony labeling until later. The reason I know it was Dec. of 2003 is because my mom passed away earlier that year (May of 2003) and her memorial service tribute video is what prompted me to get into doing video work…and I bought Vegas later that year, and started out doing slide shows.
It’s interesting that a release of version 4 was still Sonic Foundry because the buyout was obviously already in the process according to the advertisement when I bought my first copy. Then again I’m sure it takes some time to get all the printing for literature, packaging, and what ever else set up and going.
Anyway…back to the subject at hand. I suppose I should contact Sony and report this bug with the audio bus soloing. I’ll look on their website and see if I can find a link to report it. Being able to solo buses is important to me when doing audio work.
Thanks again John for your response. Your knowledge and willingness to help others here in the forum is a valuable asset and I for one truly appreciate it…!
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Thermaltake V9 BlacX Edition case
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VEGAS 8.0
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Sony VX2100
Sony HVR-Z7U
Alesis HD24
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