Which action is a valid way to free up a voice on a track?

Which action is a valid way to free up a voice on a track?

• A. All of the above
• B. Set the track's Voice selector to OFF
• C. Deactivate the track
• D. Remove all of the track's output and send assignments

Answer: (A)

The action being tested is about releasing the polyphonic resource a track uses, so other notes can play. In Pro Tools, a voice is the active unit of polyphony that a track’s instrument can allocate. Freeing a voice means stopping that track from consuming one of those units. Setting the track’s Voice selector to OFF directly releases the voice from use, so the instrument can reallocate it to other notes or tracks. Deactivating the track stops all processing for that track, which also frees its voice resources since nothing on that track is actively using them. Removing all outputs and sends disconnects the track from its sound path, so it isn’t producing or routing audio anymore; with no active path consuming a voice, that voice becomes available again. So any of these actions effectively frees up a voice on a track.

The action being tested is about releasing the polyphonic resource a track uses, so other notes can play. In Pro Tools, a voice is the active unit of polyphony that a track’s instrument can allocate. Freeing a voice means stopping that track from consuming one of those units.

Setting the track’s Voice selector to OFF directly releases the voice from use, so the instrument can reallocate it to other notes or tracks. Deactivating the track stops all processing for that track, which also frees its voice resources since nothing on that track is actively using them. Removing all outputs and sends disconnects the track from its sound path, so it isn’t producing or routing audio anymore; with no active path consuming a voice, that voice becomes available again.

So any of these actions effectively frees up a voice on a track.