> elegant management of takes? > see the takes in the context of the full song arrangement. You can create multiple tracks playing through the same Audio Track Object with the Create Track (key)command, so you can have all your takes spread out on as many tracks for comping. When you use the coolness of Cycle Record, that's where you start anyway. Once you're done with it (and *this* is more often the problem, make that damn decision and *move on*) you can pack all unused takes in a folder and mute that. You can even pack the 'unused guitars' and the 'unused vox' folders into the 'all unused takes' folder and move that down to the last track for convenience. Should you ever need to go back, you can either drag regions across windows, or Copy and Paste At Original Position. > Hide Hide has *no* relevance as far as audible oucome is concerned. A hidden track is just as audible as a visible one. Christian