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Originally Posted by djui5
It's my understanding that your just mixing right, not recording audio? If your recording something, then just record it, then do your automation moves, and go back to the point right after the recording if you need to. Wouldn't that work? Also, you could just disable the tracks that you recorded if you don't need them.
I don't understand how the history window wouldn't work...it's the same as a virtual mix IMO.
Well its like this... I have a guy now whos track counts are pretty insane. there is a lot going on in the sessions in terms of groups and busses. He is doing a billion little overdubs and with each one he asks to change the mix so he can hear more or less of whatever he needs. then, a few seconds (literally) later, he wants to hear it in the proper context of how it is mixed so far. With so many channels, it just takes a bit of scrolling through banks and finding the proper channels quickly to do what he needs and then undo it right afterwords for playback.
The difference between the history window and what I was after is that a virtual mix would essentially remove all the automation (if any) and allow me to do whatever I wanted on the channels and then switch back and forth between the mixes without one changing the other. That way when we go back into the 'tracking' or 'virtual' mix, the levels would be right back where he needed them for the next overdub.
There are a lot of good suggestions and workarounds that I will try. I guess I was just hoping for something streamlined that saves time. After all, thats what I love about Pro Tools. Its the little functions that speed up the workflow.