As a general reworking of how the whole text kerning/tracking functions system-wide, I’d agree with you. But what if there were some special mode added just to the Generator Type drop-down menu that would allow for this?
An alternative to the all tracks on method is to simply click the View Menu button and select whatever setting it was that you were using before you decided to hide your tracks. That way, you avoid activating the film icons track.
I don’t see a way to promote anything and nothing comes up in the manual regarding AVX 2.0. Remember, this is version 3.0 of Continuum Complete AVX I’m talking about. Was there a version 3 upgrade that I missed at some point?
It’s not much help, but here’s a Media Composer product matrix that shows what drivers work with each version of software. I haven’t been able to find a matrix for Symphony, but maybe it’s in there someplace.