Punch recording in Comping mode flaw?

[Cobus Prinsloo]

Hi, I'm getting weirdness whenever I punch record a track in Comping mode. When a new recording is done above on top of a previous one, the previous clip/s changes into a weird, muted version that cannot be unmuted. See Record 9 under Take 1. It is also reflected in the composite track (3) - even though another Take (15) is active and unmuted. I've tried to Mute/Unmute it, taken it into other tracks, and Solo-ed this specific Take, but to no avail.

This is not an isolated incident - I get the same problem in other projects. Is this a flaw? With this issue, it has become impossible to use punch recording.

[msmcleod]

This looks normal to me.

When you're using Comping Mode, the other takes are muted.  You can then use the comping tool to decide which take (or parts of which takes) to use.

You can override this by unmuting the clip ( the K key is the clip mute/unmute shortcut).

[Cobus Prinsloo]

1 hour ago, msmcleod said:

You can override this by unmuting the clip

Hi, and thanks for the reply. I understand the comping workflow pretty well, but this is an abnormality: compare the muted clip (T8) with the abnormally muted clip (T9) below it -- you will notice a difference in the graphic portrayals of these two instances. The normal mute clip (T8) is greyed out as it should be, while the abnormal one (T9) is not greyed out, it has retained the original blue color for its outline, but it has no colored fill. The Comping tool is also useless on this clip

[msmcleod]

The only way I know to get a clip into that state is using the Mute tool.

There maybe some combination of options that would cause a clip to be blended with a longer one, and therefore a time region has been muted rather than the entire clip.   It could be down to your loop region being different to your punch in/out region.

To unmute however, use the Mute Tool and drag at the top half of the clip:

[David Baay]

The region muting is due to the 'Mute Previous Takes' option being enabled for Punch recording. As Mark pointed out, it can be un-muted by sweeping in the top half of the clip with the Mute tool.

Edited Wednesday at 06:01 PM by David Baay

[Cobus Prinsloo]

16 hours ago, msmcleod said:

The only way I know to get a clip into that state is using the Mute tool.

I assure you I never touched the Mute tool. These muted clips were automatically created during punch recording.

But thank you - at least now I know how to unmute them.

Edited Thursday at 05:13 AM by Cobus Prinsloo