On Jul 31, 2006, at 3:45 PM, John Pitcairn wrote: > > Muting the ARRANGE track (or audio region on it) will stop reading > audio from disk and any plugins will use no CPU - if there's no audio > passing through a plugin, in theory Logic ensures it uses no CPU (true > for most, but not all plugins). This mute takes a little time to > happen. > > Bypassing a plugin (bypass button or option-click the insert slot) > should also free the CPU. This can also take a little time, depending > on the plugin. > > Muting the MIXER channel will still be processing prior to the mute, > so will not free any CPU (and will be instant). > > John Pitcairn > Thanks John! That all seems to jive with what I thought though I had forgotten to address WHERE I was muting a track. Thanks, Stuart-