Can't hear my real instrument tracks. Just the reverb in the background.

I opened a file, and when I play it, now I can't hear any real instrument tracks. I just hear the reverb of the tracks. Any clues on how to fix this?

d.c.guitar wrote:
I can't hear any real instrument tracks. I just hear the reverb
try toggling the ducking menuItem

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