Difference between volume and mute envelope?

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  1. Wolfang

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    Every DAW provides the envelopes of volume and mute for automation. But I have no idea what difference they are.
    Can anybody explain this?
     
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  3. playtime

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    With volume envelope you can automate volume level up & down all through the track, make curves, fades etc...
    With mute envelope you just automate certain parts of the track to be muted (sound off)
     
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    What he said. Think of the mute automation as a "untouched volume (non muted)"/"zero volume (muted)" switch. Only two possibilities.

    And if you fancy you can mark @playtime 's answer as "best answer". Cool but overlooked forum feature.
     
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    some DAWs treat muted tracks as offline, so it might theoretically lower processing load if tracks/items are muted
     
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