Muted Audio Track (after Region FX) [SOLVED]

[AndyB01]

OK so can anyone explain this one to me:

Two vocal tracks - both recorded perfectly and play back normally

• Added Melodyne (5) as RFX to each one in turn and made the necessary tweaks
• The first track plays back perfectly; the second track - completely silent
• Have checked the obvious stuff like mute, gain, faders, echo etc - all fine
• Here's the strange bit - open the RegionFX editor on the mute track and play the track inside Melodyne - plays perfectly.
• Both vox tracks are routed to the same bus, but I'm only hearing one.
• have also tried rendering down the RFX or even removing it - track remains muted

Can't fathom this one - hoping someone can help as it's driving me around the twist!

Cheers and TIA

Andy

Edited October 7, 2022 by AndyB01
Update Status to SOLVED

[Will.]

2 hours ago, AndyB01 said:

OK so can anyone explain this one to me:

Two vocal tracks - both recorded perfectly and play back normally

• Added Melodyne (5) as RFX to each one in turn and made the necessary tweaks
• The first track plays back perfectly; the second track - completely silent
• Have checked the obvious stuff like mute, gain, faders, echo etc - all fine
• Here's the strange bit - open the RegionFX editor on the mute track and play the track inside Melodyne - plays perfectly.
• Both vox tracks are routed to the same bus, but I'm only hearing one.
• have also tried rendering down the RFX or even removing it - track remains muted

Can't fathom this one - hoping someone can help as it's driving me around the twist!

Cheers and TIA

Andy

• What happens if you press "K" on the keyboard? 

• Have you check for phase cancellation? 

• Try to reverse the polarity. 

• Test to see what happens when you pan each other slightly L&R. 

 

[AndyB01]

Thanks for the suggestions - that's the mute shortcut - already been there unfortunately. ☹️

Panning has no effect and it's not phasing as the tracks were recorded separately. I've used this workflow loads of times in the past and never had this issue before.

Cheers 

[AndyB01]

OK so this turned out to be a comping problem. By some strange means - after flattening the comp - turns out the T1 take lane (to which the audio had been bounced) was muted (even though the track wasn't) and this was overriding the mute/ solo control on the track.

I now have a completely separate and unrelated problem with my audio engine dropping out - after my audio interface spectacularly crashed and burned yesterday and had to be reinstalled from scratch - but I'll work my own way through that one.

Glad I unravelled this mystery in the end and thought I would post the resolution for posterity.

Andy