Suppose I have a track that I want to keep in the project, but don't want to use.
 
Is there a way to make it inactive so that it doesn't use CPU or memory?
 
I know that Pro Tools has a "Make Track Inactive" thing, and that's what I'm sort of looking for.
 
Thanks.
 
EDIT: Figured it out. ARCHIVE.
 

Yes, archive it. 

Archive or Mute. If a track is muted Sonar and your CPU ignore it. Audio is not loaded into memory. 

Archive and Hide - it's a great combination.   

Cactus Music


Archive or Mute. If a track is muted Sonar and your CPU ignore it. Audio is not loaded into memory. 

Actually if it is muted the track IS loaded into memory and uses CPU.  Only ARCHIVE takes it out of memory/CPU 

Yes...archive and hide.  It will always be there if you need it...and you ALWAYS need it someday.

vintagevibe

Cactus Music


Archive or Mute. If a track is muted Sonar and your CPU ignore it. Audio is not loaded into memory. 

Actually if it is muted the track IS loaded into memory and uses CPU.  Only ARCHIVE takes it out of memory/CPU 

That's right.  If a track is only muted, then Sonar still has to process the track in case you un-mute it on the fly.
 
If you archive the track it is not processed, and you cannot un-archive it during playback.
 
 
 
 
 
+1 to archive and hide.  And remember keyboard shortcut "h" for the track manager, that lets you see all tracks, hidden or not.