Turn off audio without turning off scripts?

[woodslanding]

I am getting a lot of audio dropouts when I am loading patches, but I really don't need or even want to hear audio while this is happening.

But if I turn the engine off, the scripts that load the patches don't work. Wish there was a separate off for audio vs. scripts. Maybe impractical, but thought I'd mention it....

The audio dropouts are not a big deal, I guess, as HH seems to recover okay from them.

[senso]

the real goal should be to minimize impact on the audio engine when we are loading patches.
I hope I'll find a solution in the next major release.