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All tracks grayed out!

TurboDave37

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Hello. I need help! I was swinging my mouse down to pick edit or browse etc when suddenly all tracks were muted. I don't think I clicked the mouse by accident. Now every track is muted and the mute icon on every track.
I can unmute the tracks, but they are still grayed out. The mute icon goes away but still nothing plays! The song is basically lost. I can play the files in the pool however but I don't know how to put them back or use them.
How do I fix this? (Undo did nothing). It was a spontaneous 4 a.m. that I can't re-record. Help!
 
Audio or midi? Nothing audio is easily lost in Studio One. Check the Pool of the song to find all audio files recorded/used in the song. You can always rebuild the song from those. So, deep breath, there is a backup plan :)

Having said that, it should be possible to restore your song. What does it say about the events when you right-click them? Some actions also mute the events, but as a consequence of the action rather than as the main goal. So it is important to check the undo history for clues of what you, unwittingly, did. Note that one action can create multiple undo history entries which may or may not 'undo' in one go.
 
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Audio or midi? Nothing audio is easily lost in Studio One. Check the Pool of the song to find all audio files recorded/used in the song. You can always rebuild the song from those. So, deep breath, there is a backup plan :)

Having said that, it should be possible to restore your song. What does it say about the events when you right-click them? Some actions also mute the events, but as a consequence of the action rather than as the main goal. So it is important to check the undo history for clues of what you, unwittingly, did. Note that one action can create multiple undo history entries which may or may not 'undo' in one go.
Well I hit undo all the way to the end and still didn't undo it. But I found the answer with AI lol Apparently I hit a hidden deactivate button. To fix it, I clicked on the edit button at the bottom right that was currently active so that nothing was highlighted and only the tracks were displayed. Next, I clicked on a track and hit Cnd + a to select all tracks. And ar the far right of the screen, there was a > symbol . Hovering over that displayed "Toggle active" and clicking that activated them again. My song is back! Woohoo!!
 
Maybe you just disabled the tracks?
Apparently I did. And to fix it, I clicked off mix, edit etc so only the tracks were displayed. Then Cmd + A to select all tracks and at the far right each track had a > symbol. Hovering over one, it said "Toggle active" and that activated the track. I had to vlick each one
 
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