Add Option To Disable Rendered Tracks

I use render-in-place to reduce my CPU usage and faced a problem.

When I render a complete track, the inserts of the original are still using resources until I manually disable the track. This is not technically speaking a bug because the edit is only applied to the events. However, the workflow is not smooth when render-in-place is used as a CPU saver.

Feature suggestion: When using Edit → Render In Place → Render Settings, add option to Disable Rendered Tracks

There is a workaround with a macro:

  • Edit - Select All On Tracks
  • Render In Place - Render Settings
  • Audio - Disable/Enable Track.
  • Navigate - Up
  • Automation - Hide Automation
  • Audio Disable/Enable Track.

However the macro:

  • Doesn’t work with multiple tracks. (Only disables the first track)
  • If you cancel the render, it will result in a bug: The track above would be disabled.
  • When you undo the action with Ctrl + Z, the track is still disabled.

A second workaround is to freeze the track. However, then the source track is no longer editable.