My request is that you can select the tracks you want frozen, regardless of what is currently frozen. Or an option to do it either way.
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- KVRist
- 195 posts since 31 Dec, 2004
OK this is a small one but.....Some times I want to CHANGE the tracks I have frozen. Like lets say I have the drum, bass, and rhythm guitar frozen. I finish working on the vocals and I want to work on the drums. So what I have to do is unfreeze ALL the tracks, then freeze the ones I want. In this case the vocals, bass, and rhythm guitar. Not a big deal unless.......your computer freaks out due to the massive amount of CPU hoggin plugs you have going
My request is that you can select the tracks you want frozen, regardless of what is currently frozen. Or an option to do it either way.
My request is that you can select the tracks you want frozen, regardless of what is currently frozen. Or an option to do it either way.
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- KVRAF
- 4822 posts since 14 Mar, 2002 from Somewhere else, on principle
Huh? 
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- KVRAF
- 1974 posts since 21 Jun, 2002 from Earth
Tracktion mixes all the freeze tracks into a single file. What you want is an independent freeze per track. This would permit volume/pan adjustments per track as well. It's definately been suggested... dunno to what extent it's on the radar tho. 
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 195 posts since 31 Dec, 2004
Im thinking of something differant than the indepenpent per track freeze option, idea (which is a great idea).
It seems easy to get when I read what i posted.
I just want to be able to select tracks, hit the freeze button and then have those tracks I selected, and only those that I have selected, freeze. The other tracks, previously frozen, or not, will then not be frozen. With out the extra step of unfreezing. I realize its a tiny step but like I said, if I have a fully loaded mix, my computer is going to come to a grinding halt when I have all my tracks unfrozen. I have figured out how to deal, but if it can help people then why not ask?
It seems easy to get when I read what i posted.
I just want to be able to select tracks, hit the freeze button and then have those tracks I selected, and only those that I have selected, freeze. The other tracks, previously frozen, or not, will then not be frozen. With out the extra step of unfreezing. I realize its a tiny step but like I said, if I have a fully loaded mix, my computer is going to come to a grinding halt when I have all my tracks unfrozen. I have figured out how to deal, but if it can help people then why not ask?
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- KVRAF
- 1974 posts since 21 Jun, 2002 from Earth
I think I get that you mean... wouldn't it have to unfreeze anyway tho? like in your example, it would have to unfreeze just to get access to the bass and rhythm guitar. I guess in the end, you just wanna kill some of the steps.. I think (my brain is kinda slow today.. 
). BTW, you can click e-to-e if you don't want your machine to freak out when unfreezing (workaround that you probably know alredy... hehe). 
). BTW, you can click e-to-e if you don't want your machine to freak out when unfreezing (workaround that you probably know alredy... hehe). ModuLR / Radio
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- KVRAF
- 6490 posts since 14 Jun, 2004 from Rochester, NY
sorry man i dont get what you mean you should just stop it while youre ahead lol
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- KVRAF
- 1703 posts since 19 Apr, 2003 from Copenhagen, Denmark
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- KVRAF
- 2417 posts since 17 Jun, 2003
I don't think it's a bad idea at all really, and wouldn't that do away with the "unfreeze" wait? As things stand imagine you have six tracks frozen. You want to unfreeze 3 of them, and freeze a fourth different track. As things stand, since they're all mixed to a single track, the logical steps Tracktion needs to take are as follows
1) "Unfreeze" one track, which actually means delete the audio freeze track, and create a new one, by mixing the five remaining tracks together to a single audio wav.
2) "Unfreeze" the second track you want rid of, by deleting the single audio wav you created in step one, and creating a new one that's a mix of the four tracks you'll have frozen
3) "Unfreeze" the third track you want rid of, ie, delete the audio wav you created in step two, and create a new one with three tracks mixed together
4) Freeze a new track, ie delete the audio wav you created in step 3, and create a new one consisting of a mix of the four tracks you want frozen.
If Todd24's suggestion was implemented you'd effectively skip steps 1-3 in the above, and just go straight to step 4. It's not like Tracktion does anything to the original tracks when it "unfreezes", it only needs to mark those tracks as being unfrozen, so you get access back in the gui to mix them again. The thing that takes the time is creating the new frozen track, as you're effectively rendering the tracks to a single wav file. So why do that four times when you could just do it the once?
I don't see it as being a massive coding job to be honest, all the hard work's already been done. But i would say that, not being a programmer ...
1) "Unfreeze" one track, which actually means delete the audio freeze track, and create a new one, by mixing the five remaining tracks together to a single audio wav.
2) "Unfreeze" the second track you want rid of, by deleting the single audio wav you created in step one, and creating a new one that's a mix of the four tracks you'll have frozen
3) "Unfreeze" the third track you want rid of, ie, delete the audio wav you created in step two, and create a new one with three tracks mixed together
4) Freeze a new track, ie delete the audio wav you created in step 3, and create a new one consisting of a mix of the four tracks you want frozen.
If Todd24's suggestion was implemented you'd effectively skip steps 1-3 in the above, and just go straight to step 4. It's not like Tracktion does anything to the original tracks when it "unfreezes", it only needs to mark those tracks as being unfrozen, so you get access back in the gui to mix them again. The thing that takes the time is creating the new frozen track, as you're effectively rendering the tracks to a single wav file. So why do that four times when you could just do it the once?
I don't see it as being a massive coding job to be honest, all the hard work's already been done. But i would say that, not being a programmer ...
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- KVRAF
- 6740 posts since 25 Mar, 2002 from sheffield, england
You can already do this: just unfreeze all your tracks in one go, and it will happen immediately. If you realise you missed a frozen track (because it starts calculating another freeze file) just hit cancel.. I never wait for tracks to unfreeze myself. 
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- KVRAF
- 2417 posts since 17 Jun, 2003
So you can. Can you tell I don't use freeze much?
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