[Ardour-Users] Function to freeze tracks

[Paul Davis]

On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 9:22 AM, Paul Davis <paul at linuxaudiosystems.com>
wrote:

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> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 9:17 AM, Brett Clark <brett.clark at zirous.com>
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>> 1. Fader doesn't work after freezing a track
>>>> This is intentional. Or was, at one time anyway.
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>> It was that way on Ardour 2.x versions too.  My workaround was to route
>> the output of the frozen track to a bus so i could control the volume level
>> from there.
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>>  I assume the functionality is based on the fact that you wouldnt be able
>> to correctly "freeze" a track with post-fader plugins without freezing the
>> fader itself.  This is because some post-fader plugins output changes based
>> on fader level (eg. compression or overdrive) .
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> All true, although I seem to recall a discussion about this that pointed
> in the direction of *not* freezing the fader after a freeze. It wouldn't
> impact the signal processing because all plugins will have been disabled.
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I just tried the most recent release of Ardour3 and the fader is *not*
locked/frozen after a freeze operation.
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