<p>The track containing the "hidden" text appears to be muted in the screenshot. Unmute it. It's the icon in the track controls of a round circle with the diagonal.</p>

<p><strong>Background</strong></p>

<p>There are two ways for a track to be muted. First is by enabling the mute switch of that track. This can be undone by clicking the mute switch again. Other is by soloing another track. To solo a track is to show only that track and mute all others. In such a case, the mute switches on the mute tracks won't be enabled but the solo switch on the soloed track will be. All of the other tracks' visibility state "pre-soloing" can be restored by clicking on the activated Solo switch. An additional tip here is that a track muted via solo can be unmuted by clicking <strong><em>its</em></strong> solo switch. This is useful if one wishes to temporarily unmute another track.</p>

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2015-11-08T17:10:55.137Z
See my edited post. It was unmuted from the beginning, but it looks like the icons on the media generator is a little greyer, and faded out... I don't know what's doing that though.
FoxInFlame
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2015-11-08T17:11:56.850Z
It is muted, because the solo button is active in the last track (the exclamation mark). Deactivate that.
Gyan
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2015-11-08T17:15:30.977Z
Oh well. That solved it. That means I did the same mistake in most of my other videos.
FoxInFlame
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2015-11-08T17:03:51.090Z
2015-11-08T17:38:22.407Z
2015-11-08T17:38:22.407Z
Gyan
<p>So, I made a small movie. I added track with text, and then I added another track with text. Then the second track never showed up. I see it in the timeline, but I do not see it in the preview.</p>

<p>There is an unkown light blue arrow pointing to a place on the timeline.</p>

<p>What is this, and how do I resolve this?</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/QUv32.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/QUv32.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>Another Screenshot</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/xe4up.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/xe4up.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

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Sony Vegas Media Generators not appearing
FoxInFlame
# Sony Vegas Media Generators not appearing

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-11-08)

So, I made a small movie. I added track with text, and then I added another track with text. Then the second track never showed up. I see it in the timeline, but I do not see it in the preview.

There is an unkown light blue arrow pointing to a place on the timeline.

What is this, and how do I resolve this?

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/QUv32.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/QUv32.png)

Another Screenshot

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/xe4up.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/xe4up.png)

**Tags:** vegas-pro


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-11-08. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

The track containing the "hidden" text appears to be muted in the screenshot. Unmute it. It's the icon in the track controls of a round circle with the diagonal.

**Background**

There are two ways for a track to be muted. First is by enabling the mute switch of that track. This can be undone by clicking the mute switch again. Other is by soloing another track. To solo a track is to show only that track and mute all others. In such a case, the mute switches on the mute tracks won't be enabled but the solo switch on the soloed track will be. All of the other tracks' visibility state "pre-soloing" can be restored by clicking on the activated Solo switch. An additional tip here is that a track muted via solo can be unmuted by clicking ***its*** solo switch. This is useful if one wishes to temporarily unmute another track.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: See my edited post. It was unmuted from the beginning, but it looks like the icons on the media generator is a little greyer, and faded out... I don't know what's doing that though.  
> **username_1**: It is muted, because the solo button is active in the last track (the exclamation mark). Deactivate that.  
> **username_0**: Oh well. That solved it. That means I did the same mistake in most of my other videos.  

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