Instrument track freezing...

[madFloyd]

I tried asking a question to the assistant...

It's answer didn't satisfy, so I'm asking here. Check out these two tracks, why is one blue and not the other?

 

[Lukas]

Can you shown an example where the button doesn't turn blue?

 

[madFloyd]

Can you shown an example where the button doesn't turn blue?

Did you see my screenshot?

 

[pk-1]

I've seen this as well. I think it happens when you hide and/or disable a frozen track and then revert back to normal. The unfreeze option is in the context menu, but the button isn't blue.

 

[BobF]

Did you see my screenshot?

Your screenshot doesn't provide any clues. Was the track hidden/unhidden? Which Freeze options were selected? Which VIs & presets were involved? etc.

It would be if you ( and/or @pk-1 ) are able to provide a set of detailed steps to reproduce this.

 

[pk-1]

Freeze a track, disable it, hide it, unhide it, enable it. The button will be black instead of blue. Happens regardless of the context. (On Windows 11.)

 

[BobF]

Freeze a track, disable it, hide it, unhide it, enable it. The button will be black instead of blue. Happens regardless of the context. (On Windows 11.)

Thanks. This something I can work with.

@madFloyd Is this how you got there?

 

[madFloyd]

Thanks. This something I can work with.

@madFloyd Is this how you got there?

Bob, it's very possible. It's a song I've been working on for a long time. It could be a situation where it was already frozen before the update that put the snowflake icon on the arranger view. For all I knew the color difference was intentional. If it's not (and it's a bug) then I would have to do some more experimentation to reproduce it (in a way that someone could act on it); I have not done this. All I can say is that my song has many frozen tracks and some are blue, some aren't.

 

[madFloyd]

I've also noticed a new behavior change with freezing: The volume of the track gets much louder, as if it's been normalized. If I just Bounce Selection, the audio is rendered onto another track with the correct volume.

And the old bug of losing track and channel names persists in 8.1, but I think it depends on the instrument being used:

 

[Stuart Welwood]

Why don't my instrument tracks have such a button?

 

[madFloyd]

Why don't my instrument tracks have such a button?

View attachment 3618

Right click on the track and select 'customize' (at the bottom) and then you'll see these options: