Locking control knobs to current setting

[norfolkmastering]

I'm trying to find a way to lock my track input gains in their current set positions. 

Once I'm finishing doing the bulk of the recording for a project and getting into mixdown, I set the track input gains to a sensible position so that the levels being fed to inserts and FX are sensible.  This is particular important for me as I use mostly analogue FX.

It's just to stop me accidentally changing an input gain, or maybe because I need to experiment and then go back to the previous setting.

It would be great if I could simply right click on a control and a lock to current position option was available.

Has this ever been considered?  Is there any work-a-round?

[Xoo]

Create a new track view widget preset that hides the input gain?

[David Baay]

Other options:

Set the initial value in Offset mode - less likely to be altered inadvertently once you’re back in Envelope mode.

Or use an Automaton envelope with single node at the start to hold a value.

[norfolkmastering]

10 hours ago, Xoo said:

Create a new track view widget preset that hides the input gain?

That’s a good idea! I’ll try it.

[Amberwolf]

Whenever I have an automatable control that I want set to a certain value, I create an envelope for it, even if I never auctually use it to automate that control, and then I hide the envelope so I can't accidentally move it. 

If I need to tweak that value later I can unhide the envelope and either change it for just that part of the track (most common) or the entire thing.  

 

I used to use offset mode for this but not all controls have an offset version, *and* then if I need to change this for part of the track but not all I still have ot create an envelope, so I changed to using offset only later on, for those times that I have automation but need to change the whole overall amount of something later.